Honoring Realist Art Today
Art collector Frederick Ross founded U.S.-based nonprofit organization Art Renewal Center (ARC) in 1999 to support traditional realist artists and realist art education around the world, and to acquire notable ...
01-30-2023
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Profiles in History: Leonard Bernstein: The Moment That Made the Maestro
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was a legend in the classical music world of the 20th century. He was New York’s maestro, known for his Broadway works, like “Peter Pan,” ...
02-4-2023
Drakensberg Park: The First Shamans of South Africa | Arkeo Ep27 I Documentary
For thousands of years, men have painted no less than 35,000 rock paintings on the walls of the caves in the Drakensberg. Nowhere else in the world can ...
02-4-2023
Discovering Alaska’s National Forests: America’s Last Frontier | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep6 | Documentary
Explore Alaska's natural resources, the diversity of its people, and the beautiful scenery.
02-4-2023
The Chachapoyas: Living With the Dead | Arkeo Ep26 | Documentary
The Chachapoyas were long considered the fiercest warriors of the Andes. Recent archaeological discoveries paint a completely different picture. Far from being bloodthirsty and morbid, this people maintained ...
02-3-2023
Incident on the Chugach | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep5 | Documentary
Go inside the Exxon Valdez during the devastating oil spill in Prince William Sound. Hear radio traffic from the ship on March 24, 1989, during the accident.
02-3-2023
Lincoln Memorial: Reflecting on Greatness
The Lincoln Memorial honors a great man and provides a place where visitors can reflect on a watershed time in American history. The site for the Lincoln Memorial was ...
02-2-2023
London: The Builders of Stonehenge | Arkeo Ep25 | Documentary
Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous and most enigmatic prehistoric monuments. Dozens of huge standing stones were erected here during the Neolithic period, around 2900 B.C. ...
02-2-2023
The Age of Alaska | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep4 | Documentary
From the subsistence and peaceful evolution of the native people to the boom of the oil pipeline, get a better understanding of Alaska’s land and people.
02-2-2023
Bridging the Golden Gate Strait: Joseph Strauss and the Building of the Golden Gate Bridge
Today, the Golden Gate Bridge has come to symbolize San Francisco, and it is the universally recognizable icon of that great port city. Although conceived as a way ...
02-2-2023
Teotihuacan: The Birth of a Metropolis | Arkeo Ep24 | Documentary
Mexico City, with a population of 22 million, is North America’s second-largest urban agglomeration after New York City. In fact, according to a team of archaeologists, this urban ...
02-1-2023
Voices from the Ice | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep3 | Documentary
Journey into the rugged, ice-carved Chugach National Forest in south-central Alaska to explore the plant and animal communities created by glaciers.
02-1-2023
One Man’s Alaska | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep2 | Documentary
An absorbing look at Richard Proenneke, whose filming of his solitary life in Alaska became public television’s "Alone in the Wilderness."
01-31-2023
Greenland: A Viking Epic | Arkeo Ep23 | Documentary
The Vikings were capable sailors who colonized a number of islands such as England, Ireland, and further north, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland. Was Greenland the only territory ...
01-31-2023
Cheechako | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep1 | Documentary
This 1968 film introduces the term "Cheechako," an Alaskan Indian word meaning newcomer. The film looks at what kind of living and working conditions newcomers could expect to ...
01-30-2023
Crete: The Myth of the Labyrinth | Arkeo Ep22 | Documentary
The Minoan civilization flourished in Crete and demonstrated a high level of craftsmanship. A labyrinth sheltering a minotaur, royal palaces housing a tyrannical king—for a long time, the ...
01-30-2023
Tairona: The ‘Lost City’ of the Tairona People | Arkeo Ep21 | Documentary
For nearly 400 years, one of the largest pre-Columbian cities remained unnoticed, submerged in the rainforest. Known for its gold, “Ciudad Perdida” remained a mystery until a team ...
01-29-2023
How America Became So Communist | Documentary
Despite being founded as a republic with free market enterprise as its economic guide, America, over the past century and a half, has gravitated more and more toward ...
01-28-2023
Trujillo: Twilight of the Mochicas | Arkeo Ep20 | Documentary
One of the driest deserts in the world lies at the foot of the Andes. The Mochica culture flourished in this environment 1,500 years ago. Between the 2nd ...
01-28-2023
‘The 3 Tiers of Doctors Forum’: The Lower Tier Treats the Sick, the Middle Tier Treats People, the Higher Tier Treats the Country
Modern-day life is stimulating, to say the least—and our fast-paced routines may be accompanied by stress, tension, anxiety, and mental exhaustion. For many people, maintaining good physical health ...
01-27-2023
William Bouguereau: A Defender of God-Given Art
The 19th-century artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau saw art, just like his predecessors Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Rafael, as a divine calling. He not only excelled in the use of ...
01-27-2023
Troy: Close to the Myth | Arkeo Ep19 | Documentary
Has the legendary city of Troy described by Homer in the Iliad ever existed? For centuries, the question has sparked much controversy. And if the answer is positive, ...
01-27-2023
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Pride of the Yankees’: Lou Gehrig’s Humble Greatness
Not Rated | 2 h 8 min | Drama, Biopic | 1943 One of Hollywood’s all-time greats, Gary Cooper, was born in 1901. One of America’s all-time baseball ...
01-26-2023
Lake Titicaca: The Sea of the Tiwanaku | Arkeo Ep18 | Documentary
Lake Titicaca was considered a sacred site by the Incas. In the 15th century, they made it the cradle of their civilization, the sun’s place of birth. And ...
01-26-2023