Art History Movies

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of...

A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light. There is more to Turner than his sublime landscapes - he also painted machines,...

French writer Jean-Claude Carrière traces the life and work of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).

Documentary about the history of 20th century globalization through the lens of the World Trade Organization's changing art collection; from works of...

The inner world of the great painter Max Ernst is the subject of this film. One of the principal founders of Surrealism, Max Ernst explores the...

About the history of the Dominican Republic's visual arts from the perspective of color given by the incidence of light in the island, alongside the...

"Every single entity contains an adumbration or landskip of the whole Universe" (Jan Baptist van Helmont, 1650).

A documentary about the "The Mystic Lamb" painted at the beginning of the 15th century by the Van Eyck brothers.

This documentary features a kinetic artist who creates vibrant mixed media works that push the boundary between 2D and 3D.

This film explains what James Ensor (1860-1949) meant for the development of art and makes palpable where he got his inspiration from.

Emil Nolde was a Nazi – and so what, asks contemporary German artist Daniel Richter. “It’s a moralistic debate. A debate, that...

Nicholas Baum goes on a journey to Den Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch's town, and gives his explanation about what he thinks the painter's works originally...

Animated short film of Michelangelo set to Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - I. Allegro con brio.

A documentary about Tintoretto.

Documentary in which art critic Waldemar Januszczak argues that beauty is still to be found in modern art, despite several recent books claiming the...