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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Children's Games
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted ""Children's Games"" in 1560. While many of his other paintings also portray peasant folk culture, this summer townscape that is devoid of adults is rich in detail about Medieval children-especially at...
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Harem - Various Artists
Six orientalist paintings on the subject of harem. Featured artworks: ""An eunuch before the door of the harem"" by Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin; ""The Toilet of the Odalisque"" by Leopold de Moulignon; ""The Women of Algiers in their...
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Philipp Otto Runge - The Morning
In his famous paintings The Small Morning and The Large Morning (1808/1809), Philipp Otto Runge Runge gave apposite expression to the Romantic view of nature that was based on cyclical patterns of life. ""The Morning"" is elevating in...
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Unknown ancient greek and roman artists - Alois Riegl - Legitimization of styles
The classical antiquity goes from the 8th century BC until the 5th century AD, but very often the concept ""classicism"" is understood as a unique style. However, it includes an enormous variety of styles and techniques. Art historian...
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Safavid Splendour
Named after Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (1252 - 1334), a leader of a sufi Order from Ardabil, the Iranian region reached a new cultural period of splendor under the rule of the Safavid dynasty. In Tabriz, in Herat and in Isfahan,...
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The ancient buddhist stupa at Amluk-Dara, Swat
Sequence (6 shots) about the buddhist stupa at Amluk-Dara, from the 2nd century A.D.. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Catholic procession, traditional dancing, Carnac, France, 1950s
Religious procession, traditional costumes, church, priest, choir boys, woman hats / Breton hats, priest blessing horses, music and dances, folk music, children in costumes.
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Oil, satellites, Souks, streetlife, and telecommunications engineers. UAE, 1974
Clip 4 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of oil reserves, satellites, Souks, street life, bread-making. Engineers working on telephone exchange systems in Bahrain.
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Holiday makers explore the High Valley and set up camp. France, 1930s
Clip 1 from the 1930s French documentary 'A la decouverte de la France: La Creuse ignoree' (Discover France: The unknown Creuse), about the Creuse region in France. Cyclists on road stop at bridge over the river Creuse, France, Europe....
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UKRAINE: DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG TO CREATE MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE
Eng/Russ/Nat
It has the epic proportions of "Schindler's List" and employs state-of-the-art technology like "Jurassic Park" - but Steven Spielberg's latest multimillion-dollar project will never make a cent at the box office.
The...
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Johann Georg Hamilton - Horses
The show is focusing on the bodies and movements of the horses in Hamilton, Johann Georg paintings. It highlights details and by using a soft camera movement it almost gives the visual feeling as if the horses are jumping in the landscape.
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Thomas More, Utopia
A clip based on Holbein the Younger's famous portrait of the humanist and philosopher Sir Thomas More, from the first illustrations and lithographies depicting the ""Island of Utopia"" (term coined by More) to the tragic conclusion of...
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Gustave Courbet- In Vino Veritas
Three paintings by Gustave Courbet depicting marginal figures of 19th century society through the deforming lense of alcohol. Featured artworks: ""Old Man with a glass of wine""; ""The Vagabond"" and ""Malle Babbe"".
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Street seller, Bahrain, Swat Valley
A street seller at Bahrain's bazar, Swat Valley, Pakistan. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Agricultural fields near Amluk-Dara
Cultivated fields abound around the Amluk-Dara, important Buddhist centre between the 2nd and 9th centuries AD.. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Qatar, Doha streets and market life. UAE, 1974
Clip 7 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of Qatar and the capital Doha. Street scenes and market life.
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Typical Pashtun man (2), Bahrain, Swat
Local man on the street of Bahrain, Swat Valley. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Typical Pashtun child, Bahrain, Swat
Local kid on the street of Bahrain, Swat Valley. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Menhirs in Carnac, France, 1950s
Countryside, menhirs, ploughing fields. Ruins, menhirs, fisherman's houses / typical Breton houses.
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A view of the ruins of Barikot
The Swat hills are a stunning backdrop to the ruins of the ancient city of Barikot, in the foreground. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Hills of the Swat Valley
Gentle hills dot the landscape just outside Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. 4K available if ordered in advance.
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Primary school, UAE, 1974
Clip 9 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of the primary school system, including an English lesson in a classroom.
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In museum, ancient artifacts including utensils and jewelery. Churches and statues, Carnac, France, 1950s
In museum, old utensils, tools, jewellery, Breton culture, churches.
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Telecommunications conference in Muscat, Oman. UAE, 1974
Clip 18 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage from a telecommunications conference at a radio station in Muscat, Oman.