Plot: You probably know their names and work, but you might not know the stories of their personal lives. They're impressionists, artists who worked during the 19th-century art movement that started with a group of Paris painters who faced stiff opposition from the conventional art world. In this series,...
Plot: An investigation into where and how American art found itself by travelling across three diverse and crucial American territories. Featuring scores of artists who have been overlooked and undervalued and how they have contributed to America's art.
Plot: Rococo is an 18th-century art form that followed the Baroque period. It is often dismissed as not being serious, but Waldemar Januszczak disagrees. The British art critic hosts this show on which he argues that the Rococo period was the age during which the modern world was born. He describes some...
Plot: Over four episodes, Waldemar Januszczak re-evaluates the view of art in the Renaissance. The art critic challenges the traditional opinion of the period by introducing new concepts and artwork. Januszczak begins by rebuffing the idea that Renaissance art originated in Italy and goes on to discuss the...
Plot: The Baroque Cycle is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson. It was published in three volumes containing eight books in 2003 and 2004. Wikipedia
Plot: Painted soon after he cut off his ear with a razor, Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged ear is one of his most celebrated works. But how much do we really know about it? Waldemar Januszczak delves into the clues hidden in the painting.
Plot: The Dark Ages have been misunderstood. History has identified the period following the fall of the Roman Empire with a descent into barbarism - a terrible time when civilisation stopped. Waldemar Januszczak disagrees. In this four-part series he argues that the Dark Ages were a time of great artistic...