Posted on October 23, 2018
Brings to light the struggle to define reality evidenced in the theater-of-the-absurd drama of Luigi Pirandello. Focuses on his play Six Characters in Search of an Author, in which Read More
Posted on October 23, 2018
Conceived in glory and preserved in art, Vatican City is both the capital of Roman Catholicism and the repository for a sublime array of Italy’s cultural masterpieces. The smallest Read More
Posted on October 18, 2018
It is said that the apple fell on Newton’s head, but it was Galileo who planted the trees. This program examines The Dialogue–arguably the most controversial book of its Read More
Posted on October 18, 2018
This miniseries, filmed in Leningrad, London, Paris, and Verdi’s home region of Italy’s Po Valley, required more than 100 actors, 1800 extras, and over 4000 costumes. The program gives Read More
Posted on October 18, 2018
Documentary examines the least known and most extreme of all the 20th century AvantGardes, the Futurists, who developed many concepts and artistic principles.
Posted on October 18, 2018
Michelangelo, Donatello, Botticelli, della Francesca and Giotto are just a few of the great masters that are showcased in “An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance Video.” Using a dramatization Read More
Posted on October 18, 2018
Italian director-writer Renato Castellani has artistically recreated with masterful poetry, beauty and thorough documentation every transcendental detail in Da Vinci’s complex life and legend. Actor Philippe Leroy superbly lives Read More
Posted on October 16, 2018
Beginning in the early 15th century, Florence, Italy was the cradle of a rebirth in art, architecture and philosophy, known as The Renaissance. This special Art History and Travel Read More
Posted on October 16, 2018
The most celebrated work of Dante Alighieri is certainly the Divina Commedia— a vision of hell, purgatory, and heaven which providers a strangely surrealistic view of medieval attitudes on Read More
Posted on October 16, 2018
The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras), which is the day before the Read More
