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Bristol's Old Vic Theatre, the oldest working theatre in the world, celebrates its 250th Anniversary
Bristol's Old Vic Theatre, the oldest working theatre in the world, celebrates its 250th Anniversary
Curated Video
RR7725B FRANCE TREASURES OF ISLAM
The exhibition of Islamic art treasure, currently being
held at the Grand Palais in Paris, is the largest of its
kind ever staged in France. Coming after the 1976
mammoth "World of Islam" festival in London, it is
further evidence of...
Bridgeman Arts
Various Artists, Apollo and Daphne throughout time
In this video we explore the stylistic evolution of the History of Art, using the myth of Apollo and Daphne as a basis.
Bridgeman Arts
The Death of Marat / The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
One of the most dramatic depictions of the French Revolution, The Death of Marat shows, in the development from its original sketch to the finished artwork, an innovative use of stylization and light that will later define it as the...
Curated Video
Exhibit spotlights 50 years of fab fashion from FIT archives
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has culled through its voluminous archives of clothing and accessories for a 50th anniversary retrospective, just in time for New York Fashion Week.
Bridgeman Arts
Johann Georg Hamilton - Horses
The show is focusing on the bodies and movements of the horses in Hamilton, Johann Georg paintings. It highlights details and by using a soft camera movement it almost gives the visual feeling as if the horses are jumping in the landscape.
AFP News Agency
VOICED: What's hot and what's not in 18th-century France
VOICED: What's hot and what's not in 18th-century France
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USA: NEW YORK: 12 MILLION DOLLAR SILVER SOUP TUREEN TO BE AUCTIONED
English/Nat
Soup couldn't be served in a finer bowl than the one on display at Sotheby's Auction House in New York.
In what is an unusual work of art, a multi (m) million dollar silver soup dish is up for grabs.
Estimated to fetch...
Curated Video
Guide takes jogging tourists around city sights
1. Wide Piazza del Popolo in Rome''s city centre
2. Wide of runners arriving in Piazza di Spagna with Carolina Gasparetto, sight-jogging trainer, giving information about monuments in English
3. View from the top of the Spanish steps...
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Jean Louis Scherrer Haute Couture collection
1. Exterior shot of guest arriving
2. Pavillion Ledoyen sign
3. Various backstage
4. Stephane Rolland, Jean Louis Scherrer Designer, with Australian singer Tina Arena
7. Photographers with a pan to VIP'S
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane...
Curated Video
Topless protestors interrupt Ricci show in Paris
The artistic director of Nina Ricci has been shaking up the Paris fashion house for the past three years, but he didn't plan the brief disruption of his runway show Thursday (26 SEPT 2013) at Paris Fashion Week.
Two topless female...
Bloomberg
How New Zealand Seeks to Right Its Colonial Wrongs
May.26 -- New Zealand’s indigenous people, the Maori, were guaranteed equality when they signed a treaty with the British Crown in 1840, but through the brutal nature of colonization they would lose about 97% of their land through...
Curated Video
Rare and exquisite Chinese works of art go on display
Rare Chinese artefacts dating back as far as 1200 years are going on display in London.
Encompassing 70 masterpieces, the exhibition begins with paintings from the Tang Dynasty and includes 'The Nine Dragons' hand scroll that captures...
Bridgeman Arts
Paintings by Liotard, Jean-Etienne
Focusing on the idea of the oriental representation in the paintings of Jean-Etienne Liotard. Elements like instruments or clothes show the strong connection to the eastern world and the desire to be part of it.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: A Midwife's Tale
This PBS series episode from American Experience entitled "A Midwife's Tale" features a dramatic film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a woman named Martha Ballard, a midwife and mother living in the wilds of Maine during...