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Merchant of Venice by Sir Francis Bacon; OR Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; OR Christopher Marlowe; OR William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby; OR…

The Venetian Empire The Merchant of Venice (2004) | Full Movie | Al Pacino | Joseph Fiennes | Lynn CollinsLibrary Kingdom CooperationWatch The Merchant of Venice (2004) Full Movie on New Films InternationalIn a decadent version of renaissance Venice, a young nobleman named Bassanio seeks to woo the lovely Portia but lacks the money to…… Continue reading Merchant of Venice by Sir Francis Bacon; OR Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; OR Christopher Marlowe; OR William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby; OR…

Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

https://youtu.be/HBpyjolaZaQ?si=PRyGQb9XUJQa1OmM Portrait photographer Mike Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural Arkansas during the two world wars and the Great Depression. Critics have hailed his remarkable black and white portraits as works of artistic genius. This documentary discovers an American master, his influence on the modern New York art world, and…… Continue reading Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

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Music in Nazi Germany

https://youtu.be/gvoT8QANp8I?si=vpNEfAnQoqIp5dg9 The maestro and the cellist of Auschwitz | DW DocumentaryWhy was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the…… Continue reading Music in Nazi Germany

Style Wars

https://youtu.be/nFxH8yfeRdE When director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant delivered the broadcast version of their prize-winning film to PBS in 1983, the world received its first full immersion in the phenomenon that had taken over New York City.The urban landscape was physically transformed by graffiti artists who invented a new visual language to express both…… Continue reading Style Wars

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What Makes Art Valuable?

https://youtu.be/vwoO-LMX6MU What makes a piece of art worth tens of millions dollars at auction? A number of things, but not always the things you’d think. BBC’s The World’s Most Expensive Paintings chronicles the world’s ten most valuable paintings, by way of journalist Alastair Sooke’s guided tour of the collectors, locales, and Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction…… Continue reading What Makes Art Valuable?