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Gustav Klimt lived from 1862-1918. The "Poet of Viennese Sexuality" turned the capital of Austria into the laboratory of revelation. In this Film Ideas video, explore Klimt's early life,painting style, portrait themes, and artistic career.

Sandro Botticelli lived from 1445-1510. The Early Renaissance Italian artist gainednotoriety three centuries after his death. In this Film Ideas video, explore Botticelli's early life, personality, education, works, and artistic success.

El Greco lived from 1541-1614. The Spanish artist had an unusual artistic style that sparked controversy almost 400 years after his death. In this Film Ideas video, explore his early life, education, romantic life, and artwork.

In the final program of the series, Professor Amanda Vickery explores the explosion of creative opportunities for women as the 20th century dawned. Travelling from London and Paris to the remote Swedish countryside and the bleak desert landscape of New Mexico; this was a time where Western women were demanding ever increasing roles across society and female artists found the strength to push the boundaries of art even further.

Professor Amanda Vickery journeys from Renaissance Italy to the Dutch Republic and discovers a hidden world of female artistry. By digging in storerooms, convents, and basements she rescues dazzling female artists from the shadows, and reveal stories of courage and determination in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Giorgione or Titian? The identity of the artist who painted one of the world's most famous paintings, Le Concert champetre, remains uncertain to this day. What does this pastoral scene represent? Why do two nude women appear next to two clothed men? What music are they playing? This program attempts to answer these and other questions by delving into 16th-century Venetian culture, and by examining its more recent counterparts, such as Manet's Partie...

Celebration examines the role craft plays in our holiday customs, with a focus on our winter observances and the traditions that are handed down from one generation to another as well as new rituals that define the season.

Alain Jaubert flushes out the details, interprets the symbols, and analyzes the composition of Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. Why such polemics when the painting was unveiled in 1831? Was it the nudity of the armed woman? Or was it the triumphant people in this realistic setting? Since the painting did not come to the Louvre until well after Delacroix's death, we will never know for certain. But this program makes some educated guesses from...

Eight performing artists living in New York City discuss their work in this intimate and illuminating program. The eight - actors, musicians, a choreographer, and a poet - give voice to the rich transformative process of creativity as they explain how they started, what motivates them, and why they chose to work in what is probably the most artistically competitive city in the world. Although diverse in cultural background, age, and medium of expression,...

In Part 2 of this short series narrated by James Earl Jones, an analysis of painter, poet, and esteemed artist, Romare Bearden, is drawn from interviews, conversations, and studies of his past.