Learn Through Videos: Arts
This is a collection of links to educational videos about artists and arts, which are made for a general audience. The videos include lectures and documentary films to explore hundreds of different paintings and sculptures, to look at why humans developed imagery or visual art, to show how elements such as melody, rhythm, and texture create an infinite variety of sounds, and to explore the history of photography.
Art Through Time: A Global View
Take a trip across the world and back through the ages to experience the art of many cultures and historical periods.
Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance
This consists of thirty-six lectures taught by Professor William Kloss, exploring hundreds of different paintings and sculptures by scores of different artists of the Italian Renaissance.
Art of the Western World
Magnificent masterpieces of the Western world are presented in their cultural and historical settings.
Simon Schama's Power of Art
This is a BBC documentary series presented by Simon Schama, featuring eight artists - Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Rothko - and their works.
Exploring the World Music
This shows how elements such as melody, rhythm, and texture create an infinite variety of sounds and serve as expressions of culture.
How Music Works
This is a four-part documentary series presented by Howard Goodall, looking at the four basic elements that make music work: melody, rhythm, harmony and bass.
The Genius of Beethoven
This is a dramatized documentary presented by Charles Hazlewood, about the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven.
The Genius of Mozart
The Genius of Mozart is a documentary series, presented by Charles Hazlewood, about Mozart's extraordinary life.
Great Artists with Tim Marlow
This is an art documentary series presented by Tim Marlow, looking at the lives and works of some of the greatest artists in history.
Great Artists Two with Tim Marlow
This is an art documentary series presented by Tim Marlow, exploring the lives and works of some of the most influential artists of the last 500 years of Western art.
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance tells the story of a violent, dramatic and compelling age; a critical turning point in Western history.
Leonardo da Vinci
Online resources related to Leonardo da Vinci, including documentary films, books and websites about Leonardo da Vinci.
Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark
This is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Kenneth Clark, outlining the history of Western art, architecture, and philosophy since the Dark Ages.
Architectures (ARTE documentary)
This is a documentary series produced by ARTE, looking at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity.
Byzantium: The Lost Empire
This is a four-part documentary series narrated by John Romer, telling the glory and history of the ancient, legendary empire of Byzantium.