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List of DVDs watched from 2016 onwards
- 11.04.16 Giotto di Bondonne, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Durer
- 09.05.16 Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raphael,Titian
- 13.06.16 Bruegel the elder, Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn
- 12.09.16 Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet
- 10.10.16 Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec
- 14.11.16 Paul Gaugin, Vincent van Gogh
- Impressionism: shimmering visions
- 12.12.16 Modern art: a complete guide
- 09.01.17 Klimt, Schiele, Moser, Kokoschka; Vienne 1900
- Matisse, Picasso: a film by Philippe Kohly
- 13.02.17 Paul Klee: the silence of the angel
- Marc Chagall
- 13.03.17 Piet Mondrian: in the artist’s studio
- Georges Braque: a self-portrait
- 10.04.17 John Piper: an empty stage
- M. C. Escher: master of the graphic arts
- 08.05.17 Henry Moore: sculpture
- Barbara Hepworth and Bernard Leach
- 12.06.17 Hockney
- 09.10.17 Lascaux, the prehistory of art
- The Tribal Eye: Behind the mask (the Dogon people of Mali)
- 13.11.17 The Tribal Eye: The sweat of the sun (Incas, Aztecs)
- The Tribal Eye: Woven gardens (Qashqa'i rugs of Iran)
- 11.12.17 Arts of the East: China, Tibet, Japan, India
- Encounters, the meeting of Asia & Europe 1500-1800 - V & A Exhibition
- 08.01.18 Ancient India: Lost treasures of the ancient world
- Treasures of the Indus 1 - Pakistan unveiled
- 12.02.18 Treasures of the Indus 2 - The other side of the Taj Mahal
- Treasures of the Indus 3 - Of Gods and men
- 12.03.18 Oriental Images - Hokusai, Shitao & Persian miniature
- Persian miniature - the gardens of heaven 1620-4)
- Hokusai - The great wave of Kanagawa 1831
- Shitao - Mount Jingting in autumn 1671
- 09.04.18 Art of China 1
- Art of China 2
- 14.05.18 The glories of Islamic art
- 11.06.18 Treasures of ancient Egypt 1 - the birth of art
- Treasures of ancient Egypt 2 - the golden age
- 10.09.18 How to Look at and Understand Great Art
- Lecture 1: The importance of first impressions
- Lecture 2: Where am I? Point of view and focal point
- Lecture 3: Color - description, symbol and more
- 08.10.18 Lecture 4: Line - description and expression
- Lecture 5: Space, Shape, Shade and Shadow
- Lecture 6: Seeing the Big Picture - Composition
- 12.11.18 Lecture 7: The Illusion - Getting the Right Perspective
- Lecture 8: Art That Moves Us - Time and Motion
- Lecture 9: Feeling with Our Eyes - Texture and Light
- 10.12.18 Lecture 10: Drawing - Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media
- Lecture 11: Printmaking - Relief and Intaglio
- Lecture 12: Modern Printmaking - Planographic
- 14.01.19 Lecture 13: Sculpture - Salt Cellars to Monuments
- Lecture 14: Development of Painting - Tempera and Oils
- Lecture 15: Modern Painting - Acrylics and Assemblages
- 11.02.19 Lecture 16: Subject Matters
- Lecture 17: Signs - Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art
- Lecture 18: Portraits - How Artists See Others
- 11.03.19 Lecture 19: Self-Portraits - How Artists See Themselves
- Lecture 20: Landscapes - Art of the Great Outdoors
- Lecture 21: Putting It All Together
- 08.04.19 Lecture 22: Early Renaissance - Humanism Emergent
- Lecture 23: Northern Renaissance - Devil in the Details
- Lecture 24: High Renaissance - Humanism Perfected
- 13.05.19 Lecture 25: Mannerism and Baroque - Distortion and Drama
- Lecture 26: Going Baroque - North versus South
- Lecture 27: 18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo
- 10.06.19 Lecture 28: Revolutions - Neoclassicism and Romanticism
- Lecture 29: From Realism to Impressionism
- Lecture 30: Postimpressionism - Form and Content Re-Viewed
- 09.09.19 Lecture 31: Expressionism - Empathy and Emotion
- Lecture 32: Cubism - An Experiment in Form
- Lecture 33: Abstraction/Modernism - New Visual Language
- 14.10.19 Lecture 34: Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams
- Lecture 35: Postmodernism - Focus on the Viewer
- Lecture 36: Your Next Museum Visit - Do It Yourself!
- 11.11.19 Private Life of a Masterpiece 1:
- Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera
- Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano
- 09.12.19 Private Life of a Masterpiece 1:
- Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper
- Private Life of a Masterpiece 2:
- Rembrandt van Rijn: The Night Watch
- 13.01.20 Private Life of a Masterpiece 2:
- Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting
- Diego Velazquez: The Rokeby Venus
- 05.09.22 Private Life of a Masterpiece 4:
- James McNeill Whistler: Portrait of the Artist's Mother
- Edvard Munch: The Scream
- 06.03.23 Canaletto & The Art of Venice
- 03.04.23 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Caravaggio
- 08.05.23 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Bernini
- 05.06.23 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Rembrandt
- 02.10.23 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: David
- 06.11.23 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Turner
- 04.12.23 Painting the modern garden: Monet to Matisse
- 08.01.24 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Van Gogh
- 05.02.24 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Picasso
- 04.03.24 Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Rothko
- 08.04.24 Post-Impressionism: the beginnings of modern art
- 1: Where Post-Impressionism Began
- 2: The Founder, Paul Cézanne
- 03.06.24 3: Paul Cézanne’s New Way of Seeing
- 4: How Science and Industry Are Changing Art
- 01.07.24 5: Camille Pissarro’s Experiments in Style
- 6: Georges Seurat’s Vision of the People
- 02.09.24 7: Politics and Religion on the Canvas
- 8: Divisionism: Using the Science of Color
- 07.09.24 9: Japanese Influence and Les Nabis
- 10: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Paris by Night
- 04.11.24 11: How Photography Is Transforming Art
- 12: The Singular Talent, Vincent van Gogh
- 02.12.24 13: Van Gogh’s Genius and Tragedy
- 14: Cloisonnism: Bold Colors and Dark Contours
- 06.01.25 15: Paul Gauguin’s Complicated Legacy
- 16: Suzanne Valadon’s Rebellious Vision
- 03.02.25 17: How Philosophy and Culture Are Shaping Art
- 18: Symbolism: Dreams and Metaphors
- 03.03.25 19: Odilon Redon’s Fantastic Worlds
- 20: Henri Rousseau’s Jungles of the Mind
- 07.04.25 21: Post-Impressionism beyond France
- 22: Edvard Munch’s Emotional Palette
- 12.05.25 23: Gustav Klimt’s Journey to Art Nouveau
- 24: Why Post-Impressionism Matters
- 02.06.25 Painting the modern garden: Monet to Matisse
- 01.09.25 30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World
- 1. Where Do We Come From?
- 2. Ancient Cave Art—Chauvet, France
- 06.10.25 3. The Uruk Vase—Vision of an Ordered World
- 4. The Standard of Ur—Role of the King
- 03.11.25 5. “Ram Caught in a Thicket”
- 6. Great Ziggurat at Ur—Ancient Architecture
- 01.12.25 7. Victory Stela of Naram-Sin of Akkad
- 8. Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs