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Located just 8 degrees south of the equator and 2 miles east of Java is an Indonesian Island so celebrated in legend that the mention of its name conjures up images of mystery and excitement. That magical place is Bali, Indonesia. Multi-award-winning filmmaker Bob Bryan discovered the fantastic Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet Theater. In this wonderful presentation, Bob shares the live shadow play (performed in its entirety on location in Bali) for all...
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China has been the biggest art seller in the entire world since 2012. Yet they remain relatively unknown compared to these numbers. Who are these artists? What drives them and how do they circumvent censorship? Contemporary Chinese art took off spectacularly after Mao's death. Artists have revisited Western art and some have hijacked communist propaganda, supplementing it with a vitriolic critic of western consumerism currently sweeping the country....
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This special brings to light the priceless treasures of China's Imperial art collection, relating them to the political and cultural climate of their time. The Emperor's Eye is also the tale of a passionate collector, Emperor Qianlong, whose quest to create the greatest art collection in the world was actually a bid for his own immortality. Filmed at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, the documentary shows the precious artwork that so few westerners...
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Hinduism has long accepted additions—to its pantheon, philosophies, devotional practices—but it has never discarded its ancient traditions. As a result, the religion reveals both dizzying diversity and strong strains of continuity. Joan Cummins, Curator of Asian Art at Brooklyn Museum, looks primarily at sculptures from the exhibition From India East, to seek out the commonalities between seemingly disparate images of Hindu and Buddhist deities....
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The ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai is extremely popular worldwide. At 86, he created a monumental, 3-meter-wide composition using bold brushstrokes to depict the ancient Japanese deity Susanoo slaying several gods of pestilence. The work was destroyed by fire during the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 and the only clue to its original form was a single monochrome photograph. In 2016, experts relied on that photo as a guide as they launched a project...
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A ghostly form bleeds through a painting, and another that could be a forgery. The National Gallery of Victoria is literally lined with secrets. Early attempts at solving these mysteries gave only a glimpse of what lay beneath the brushstrokes. It would take over 80 years in the makingand a giant leap in technology to uncover the hidden history. Catalyst goes behind the scenes at the National Gallery of Victoria to see how scientists from the Australian...
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Sotatsu Tawaraya's "Bugaku Dance Screen," completed in the 17th century and housed in the Sambo-In Temple in Kyoto.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Higashiyama Kaii's "The Path," completed in 1950 and housed in the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.
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As Christie's celebrates its 250th anniversary, this two-part series follows the drama behind iconic art auctions across the globe to reveal how the world's biggest auction house operates. In the first episode, the program goes behind the scenes in London, New York, and Dubai as staff, experts, advisers, and buyers set art trends, prices, reserves, and records.
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As Christie's celebrates its 250th anniversary, this two-part series follows the drama behind iconic art auctions across the globe to reveal how the world's biggest auction house operates. In the second episode, the program goes behind the scenes in London and China as staff, experts, advisers, and buyers set art trends, prices, reserves, and records.
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As Christie's celebrates its 250th anniversary, this two-part series follows the drama behind iconic art auctions across the globe to reveal how the world's biggest auction house operates. In the second episode, the program goes behind the scenes in London and China as staff, experts, advisers, and buyers set art trends, prices, reserves, and records.
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