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BBC - The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution (2011)  Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Sept. 17, 2020
BBC - The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution (2011)

BBC - The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution (2011)
HDTV | 1280 x 720 | .MKV/AVC @ 4000 Kbps | 4x~59mn | 6.87 GB
Audio: English AAC 128 Kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary, Arts

Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists.As the name suggests Waldemar Januszczak's aim is to show that despite appearing on chocolate boxes and tea towels the impressionists' art was and still is pretty revolutionary. Despite veering into gimmickry from time to time the series covers the ground well. The last episode, in which he considers the optical theories underlying Seurat's dottiness and how Monet's cataracts affected his vision, is perhaps the best of the lot.

BBC - The Planets (2019)  Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 27, 2019
BBC - The Planets (2019)

BBC - The Planets (2019)
HDTV | 1920x1080 | .MKV/AVC @ 2291 Kbps | 5x~58min | 6.29 GiB
Audio: English AAC 137 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Professor Brian Cox tells the extraordinary life story of our solar system. For four and a half billion years each of the planets has been on an incredible journey, filled with astonishing spectacle and great drama. Using the data from our very latest explorations of the solar system combined with groundbreaking CGI this series reveals the unimaginable beauty and grandeur of eight planets whose stories we are only just beginning to understand.

PBS - In Search of Myths and Heroes Collection (2005)  Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 7, 2021
PBS - In Search of Myths and Heroes Collection (2005)

PBS - In Search of Myths and Heroes Collection (2005)
HDTV | 1912x1072 | .MKV/AVC @ 3569 Kbps | 3x~55min | 4.58 GiB
Audio: English AC3 384 kbps, 6 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Historian and author Michael Wood brings his unique mix of history, travel and adventure back to PBS in his series, "In Search of Myths & Heroes." In this series, Wood embarks on a set of "on the ground" adventures in search of the world's most famous myths: The Biblical story of Queen of Sheba, Celtic tale of King Arthur and Indian Shangri-La myth.
"In Search of Myths & Heroes" sets Wood off in pursuit of these enduring myths and their roots in historical fact. Wood retraces the steps of these stories and their mythic heroes, crossing the deserts of Yemen and trekking the Himalayas.