Visual Arts Videos

What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).

This clip - depicting the impact of Japan's tsunami on ships, cars and other vehicles - reveals the extent of nature's wreckage-producing power.

St. Peter's Basilica - the most notable place of the Vatican - is a monument to Peter, a disciple of Jesus.

In this clip - part two from a National Geographic documentary on the Vatican - Martin Sheen takes us behind the scenes to explain a bit about what go...

This BBC clip is from a 1971 interview with J.

This BBC clip is from a 1971 interview with J.

A Japanese possession, the island of Iwo Jima was sacred to Japan and desired by America.

CAUTION: SOME OF THE WORDS AND SCENES IN THIS CLIP - ABOUT THE NOVEL ULYSSES, BY JAMES JOYCE - MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME PEOPLE.

Learn about this famous author through the work of Ten Great Writers of the Modern World - James Joyce's Ulysses"

While living in Paris, and developing his own style of painting, Vincent van Gogh was greatly influenced by the complimentary colors he saw in Japanes...

John Lennon was killed during the evening hours of December 8, 1980.

WARNING: THIS CLIP OF HISTORIC FILM FOOTAGE DEPICTS ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF NANKING.

Orca whales attack, and kill, a grey-whale calf as it travels to feeding grounds with its mother.

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