In the North Pacific, the cool waters are teaming with marine life. The rocky undersea ledges are teaming with fish life and giant kelp forests. One of the most amazing animals on earth is the giant octopus. This region features one of the largest species in the world. They also are considered one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. Wyland’s painting features one of the giants as it moves through its weightless world. Tentacles flailing...

This program takes a visit to the estate of stained glass artist James Hubbell, showcasing some of his work.

Tiny red people create a picture in formation for Boom the giant. The picture becomes more and more detailed until he can guess what it is. This episode's picture is a sun shade (beach umbrella).

One of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement, Gustav Klimt was a Symbolist painter and one of the first to introduce the Art Nouveau movement in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His work is characterized by the portrayal of the female body and a frank eroticism. He is also known for his use of gold leaf in his works. Egon Schiele was a pioneer of Expressionism. He is best known for his portraits and self-portraits. His work was always...

The National Gallery of Art is one of the most important museums in the United States. Italian Renaissance painting is particularly well represented here with works by Fra Angelico, Lippi, Perugino, Tintoretto, Raphael, Botticelli, da Vinci, and Titian. There are many other European artists of the classical period such as Rembrandt, Dürer, Vermeer, Watteau, Van Dyck, Rubens, Goya, Ingres, Delacroix, El Greco, and Velázquez represented in the collection....

The last episode in the series explores the fate of art in the machine and profit-driven world and asks: should art create a realm separate from the modern world, or should it plunge headlong into the chaos while transforming the way we see and live in it? Using the works of artists of the 20th and 21st Century, including Ai Weiwei, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol and Anselm Kiefer, we seek answers to these profound questions. The conclusion is imbued with...

Van Dogh paints a little elephant carrying a strawberry, then uses his magic paintbrush to divide the picture into segments and mix them up. Jon uses the magic paintbrush to transform the picture and mix up the segments again. Pan and Van Gogh try to guess what the transformed picture is.

Sometimes homes are preserved for their architectural beauty by reinventing them as country inns. 1. In the village of Vallvidrera, Barcelona sits this elegant neo-classical mansion built by a Cuban woman in 1900. It has been lovingly restored by owner Rosa Maria Escofet as a small hotel that she hopes will become a private home again one day. 2. The Claramount Inn and Spa in Picton, Ontario has recreated the traditional English country garden in...

Take a dive with a photographer in Mauritius, a Senegalese artist blurs the lines between photography and painting, and a Tunisian journalist uses mobile journalism to document rapid changes in his country.

In the late-19th century, with the American Civil War in full swing, millions of Americans relied on the written word, illustrations and engravings for news about the conflict; until the groundbreaking work of New York photographer Mathew Brady, brought the harsh realities of war home for the very first time.