Presentation of The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Asian Art Collection
Bonhams Paris and Cornette de Saint Cyr, in collaboration with Jean-Luc Estournel et Marie-Catherine Daffos, are proud to present the auction of the outstanding Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset private collection in Paris. The collection consists of more than 300 lots with highlights from China, Japan, South-East Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Europe. Discover the collection with […]
Highlights of the exhibition “Asian Treasures from the Billings Collection” by curator Dr. Alice R. M. Hyland.
Dr. Alice R. M. Hyland presents highlights from the 2022 “Asian Treasures from the Billings Collection” exhibition now open at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Dr. Hyland, guest curator for the exhibition, has selected objects from each of the five sections of the exhibition: Collecting, Articles of Life, Burial Objects, Buddhism, and The Imperial Court. Ceramics […]
Discovering Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Royal Collection
The video describes the Royal Collection of Oriental art, the most important in the Western world. Deposited at Buckingham Palace. He catalogue is the result of 30 years’ scholarship and contains over 2,000 pieces, including ceramics, jade, textiles and metalwork.
The Altarpiece in Italy in the Age of Leonardo
Gallery educator Dr. Carlo Corsato discusses altarpieces from the time of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine polymath of the Italian Renaissance. He was a painter, anatomist, architect, paleontologist, botanist, writer, sculptor, philosopher, engineer, inventor, musician, poet and urban planner. He died accompanied by Francesco Melzi, to whom he bequeathed his projects, designs and paintings. Source: Wikipedia In the video Ginevra de’ Benci, he gives a […]
Realism and Appearance in Dutch Art
The painting of the Dutch Golden Age is characterized by real life scenes, landscapes, animals, seascapes, still lifes. In contrast to the European painting of the time there is little expression of religious painting. The video presents the collection of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, the Dutch painting of the 17th century. In the words […]
Interviews With the Original Survivors of the Titanic in 1956 and 1970.
The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New Your City. There were 1,514 people that drowned in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. “The Unsinkable Titanic” sunk and […]
Daily Street Life in China in the Early 20th Century.
The video captures daily life in the early 20th century, coming and going in a Beijing market, lots of hustle and bustle, craft store on the street, caravan of camels crossing. In Mongolia: shot from the back of a track train, buildings, crowd near buildings, horses and carts passing, mounted soldiers. Quiet river, fisherman’s wharf, […]
Full Movie: A Christmas Carol-Christmas Movies
A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. This is the 1984 classic starring George C Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Susannah York, Joanne Whalley and a host of other household names.
“Handel’s Messiah in Grace Cathedral” • American Bach Soloists
“Handel’s Messiah in Grace Cathedral” performed by American Bach Soloists- American Bach Choir. Filmed at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.