Art History Movies
- 2021
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art7.22021HD
Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly...
- 2022
Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer
Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer82022HD
- 2018
Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History
Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History5.52018HD
Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian...
- 2014
Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World
Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World6.7672014HD
An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome...
- 1963
Henry Moore: London 1940-42
Henry Moore: London 1940-4201963HD
A montage, using documentary material filmed during the war, shows the beginnings of an air attack and Londoners entering shelters. From the silent...
- 2021
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection5.32021HD
Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an...
- 2025
Jacob Kainen: The Last Expression
Jacob Kainen: The Last Expression92025HD
This film follows the life of Jacob Kainen, a prolific but often overlooked artist of 20th Century America. From his immigrant upbringing to his...
- 2007
Achieving the Unachievable
Achieving the Unachievable52007HD
M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print Gallery and his uncompleted...
- 2024
Living Art
Living Art02024HD
The thousand-year-old tradition of pottery in the Indian subcontinent is now under threat. With the market being flooded with plastic in the...
- 2020
James Tissot: L'étoffe d'un peintre
James Tissot: L'étoffe d'un peintre02020HD
A movie about James Tissot (1836-1902), a French painter and portraitist
- 2019
Battlefield Gender
Battlefield Gender72019HD
Both a visit to a very peculiar exhibition at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany, as well as an unprejudiced look at the...
- 2017
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence7.12017HD
In this unique, compelling film, those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time, to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon.
- 2022
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art7.3332022HD
There is an interlinking history of violent European colonialism and the cultural legacy of ethnographic collections in institutions. This...
- 2012
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas72012HD
The many references in contemporary film to Edward Hopper's works, as well as the widespread reproduction of some of his paintings have made his...
- 2020
Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes7.52020HD
A portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), a genius of modern architecture, whose life passed between glory, scandal and tragedy.
- 2009
The Wedding at Cana
The Wedding at Cana102009HD
A short film by Peter Greenaway. It depicts the painting The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese, through mixed media and shows different...
- 2022
Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel7.52022HD
French writer Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021) traces the life and work of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).
- 2009
The Way of Samodelkin
The Way of Samodelkin02009HD
A mystical detective story set in the realm of Moscow art scene. Psychedelic trip through different places, characters and strategies in the search...
- 2021
Be Still
Be Still02021HD
Already a successful portrait photographer, Hannah sets to reinvent this art form. Abandoning herself to a creative process that might easily be...
- 2014
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
The Mystery of Mona Lisa62014HD