TV Guide: Every Picture Tells A Story

Video: The Tempest by Giorgione

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:47:54 -0500

Decoding this tension-packed painting requires searching beyond the artist'scontemporaries and exploring little-known tales from Greek mythology.

Video: Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe by Edouard Manet

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:28:01 -0500

Luncheon on the Grass created a scandal when Manet showed it in 1863. The storybehind the painting proves even more scandalous.

Video: Every Picture Tells a Story

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:28:01 -0500

With characteristic wit, art critic Waldemar Januszczak turns his educated eye to eightmasterpieces of European painting, unraveling the secrets behind each. What did Gainsborough intend for the conspicuous void in Mr and Mrs Andrews? Why did Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa capture the world's imagination? How did Manet shock French society with his Le d?jeuner sur l'herbe ("Luncheon on the Grass")? From New York City to Paris to Rome, Januszczak searches out the art experts, literary and artistic allusions,and historical records--not to mention juicy gossip--to expose long-held secrets within the gilded frames. Works by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Giorgione, Caravaggio, and van Eyck also take on new and deeper meanings in this lively, engaging eight-part series.

Video: Mr and Mrs Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:32:59 -0500

Why didn't the artist finish this masterpiece of 18th-century British portraiture? Andwhy was the painting never seen outside the subjects' family for more than 150 years?

Video: The Birth of Venus by Botticelli

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:32:59 -0500

The ravishing goddess emerging from the sea turns out to be far more than theRenaissance's most famous sex symbol.

Video: The Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyck

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:32:59 -0500

A simple wedding portrait? The artistic testimony to a disputed marriage? A religiousallegory? A bold new interpretation answers this painting's many mysteries.

Video: Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:20:44 -0500

As the only great artist to commit murder, Caravaggio knew a little about theimpetuosity of youth, and he portrays his hard-won wisdom on canvas.

Video: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp by Rembrandt

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:14:43 -0500

The subjects of this gruesome painting--both the surgeon and the cadaver--provejust as fascinating as the Dutch master's use of symbolism.

Video: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:14:43 -0500

More than a masterpiece, the lady with the enigmatic smile turned into a popcultureicon after a heist captured the world's attention.

Video: Every Picture Tells A Story

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:35:59 -0500

Every Picture Tells A Story is an educational aid for children to explore the language of dogs. Dr. Ian Dunbar spends a day with some pupils from Hale Primary School in the New Forest, exploring the relationship between children and dogs. This DVD is intended as an entertaining teaching aid for parents and teachers to watch with their children. The video employs periodic freeze frame pictures as a visual starting point for discussion and story writing. There are nine informative sections covering such areas as: The language of dogs. Meeting strange dogs. Playing with dogs. Do you like dogs? Teaching dogs our language. Scared dogs. Scary dogs. Good owners and good dogs. Clever dogs.