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Presents the Vatican's priceless treasures through the eyes of its artists, poets and architects. Includes views of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, the Pieta, and the dome of St. Peter's Church; Bernini's canopy; St. Peter's square; and the museums which hold Raphael's School of Athens and the Apollo Belvidere.

Most active in the 1920s, Curtis is notable for his finely crafted, on location work that today forms our best record of the social and economic life of Reno during this relatively unheralded decade in Nevada history. The photographs of Curtis are both exceptionally detailed and often eerily mysterious.

This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the world. The aim of these lectures is to both prepare new...

Discusses the history and development of the nineteenth-century impressionism art movement.

Based upon Nobel Prize-winner Maurice Maeterlinck's play, two young children go on an allegorical voyage that bridges the chasm between the conscious and the unconscious as they search for the Blue Bird of Happiness.

A definitive biography accompanied by spectacular images of the artist's greatest work.

A fifteen-year-old art prodigy abandoned by his drug addicted mother finds refuge in the picturesque art village of Carmel-by-the-sea, California. While trying to survive on his own, he is introduced to the high dollar underground world of art forgery.

"The Work of Art: Artown examines the history and impact of the annual Artown festival in the Reno area... [and] shows the many facets of the artistic jewel that has changed some of the complexion and the perception of the Biggest Little City"-- Container.

When a mysterious heiress asks famed but unscrupulous art appraiser and auctioneer Virgil Oldman to evaluate her late parents' collection yet remains forever unseen behind closed doors, it ignites a spark of curiosity in the normally austere Virgil that soon grows into an all-out obsession. Before long everything in Virgil's carefully constructed life threatens to come apart as he delves ever further into the world of intrigue surrounding his enigmatic...

Investigates the high-profile thefts of some of the world's greatest pieces of art. From Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer to Edvard Munch's The Scream and even the Mona Lisa, these and other iconic masterpieces have been coveted by the criminal world. The fourteen-part series delves into the background behind the audacious burglaries and the authorities' efforts to apprehend the crooks and restore the masterpieces to public viewing.