"Esther's family has always believed they were descended from a great, though scandalously underappreciated Impressionist-era artist. But when questions arise about her ancestor's greatest work-The Lady with the Dark Hair-her once-solid family history rests on shaky ground as a search for the truth begins"--

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543), remembered today for his insightful portraits, was better known in his own time for his varied and extensive graphic works, the most celebrated of which was The Dance of Death. This work, from the woodblocks of collaborator Hans Lützelburger, was first published in book form in 1538.

The theme of the dance of death was a popular one of the sixteenth century. Holbein captured the feeling of death,

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There was a giant in the city, and it was a troublemaker. The enormous block of marble had irked the people of Florence for almost forty years. No one knew what to do with it until a young artist named Michelangelo came along.

Depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a debilitating case of stage fright, is invited to compete in...

This biography special offers an intimate look into Brooks' life as a musician, father, and man, as well as the moments that have defined his decades-spanning career and seminal hit songs.

"Michelangelo created some of the world's most recognizable art, from the statue of David to the intricate ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel. Beyond his well-known painting and sculpting, he was a gifted poet and architect. Young readers can learn about the entirety of Michelangelo's life, from his time as a young apprentice, and his relationships with several Catholic popes and the Medici family, to his unwillingness to stop working into his late...

Gianni Berengo Gardin, since the 1950s, has devoted himself to reportage, social investigation, and architectural photography of environmental description. With his friends Josef Koudelka, Sebastiao Salgado, Eliott Erwitt, Ferdinando Scianna, Renzo Piano, and Gabriele Basilico, in this film Berengo Gardin retraces his life as an "artisan of photography," always convinced that "it doesn't matter how you photograph but what you photograph."

Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world – with glowing reviews, global publicity, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run – the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of an historic event. Suzanne Raes’s film follows curators, conservators, collectors, and experts in their joint mission to shine a new...

Immerse yourself in printmaking artist Brian’s world at his home and workshop on the coast of Maine — his model airplanes and trains, wall-to-wall books and curling wooden staircase up to his studio, the vintage MG in his garage which shares space with a printing press — and above all, Brian’s work: the copper plates and engraving tools, mixing ink and wiping plates, working on his plates and printing from them, his hands and what it means...

"Any tattoo is the outcome of an intimate, often hidden, process. The people, bodies, and money that make tattooing what it is blend together and form a heady cocktail, something described by Matt, the owner of Oakland's Premium Tattoo, as "Blood and Lightning." Faced with the client's anticipation of pain and excitement, the tattooer must carefully perform calm authority to obscure a world of preparation and vigilance. "Blood and Lightning, my dude,"...