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A History of British Art is a 1996 BBC six-part television documentary series tracing the history of British art from 1066 to the modern day. Written and presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, it was originally aired on BBC2 in 1996 and later repeated on BBC Four in 2008.
Civilisations is a 2018 British art history television documentary series produced by the BBC in association with PBS as a follow-up to the original 1969 landmark series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece is a BBC arts documentary series which tells the stories behind great works of art; 29 episodes of the series were broadcast on BBC Two, commencing on 8 December 2001 and ending on 25 December 2010. It initially ran for five seasons from 8 December 2001 to 17 April 2006, for a total of 22 episodes; each episode ...
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light is a four-part documentary television series written, directed, and presented by the British art critic Waldemar Januszczak looking at the art and architecture of the so-called Dark Ages (i.e. Early Middle Ages) that shows it to be an era with advancements contrary to popular perceptions of the period.
How Art Made the World is a 2005 five-part BBC One documentary series, with each episode looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] "The essential premise of the show," according to Nigel Spivey , "is that of all the defining characteristics of humanity as a species, none is more basic than the ...
Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 is a 1972 documentary directed by Emile de Antonio.It covers American art movements from abstract expressionism to pop art through conversations with artists in their studios.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered—some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago.
Andrew Michael Graham-Dixon (born 26 December 1960) is a British art historian, art critic, author and broadcaster. He is chief art critic at The Independent and The Telegraph newspapers, and presents art documentaries for the BBC, as well as five series of Italy Unpacked, in which he explored the culture and cuisine of Italy with chef Giorgio Locatelli.