Top Documentary Films» Art and Artists http://topdocumentaryfilms.com Watch stunning, eyeopening, interesting, free, streaming, full, online documentary films and movies. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:08:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Storyhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/darling-pieter-dirk-uys-story/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/darling-pieter-dirk-uys-story/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:25:11 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8505 Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys StoryControversial South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys allows writer/director Julian Shaw into his previously off-limits inner world. The result is a startling document of Pieter’s work educating school children about their country’s greatest threat, HIV/AIDS, and an unforgettable portrait of the power of individual will. Entertainer, female

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/darling-pieter-dirk-uys-story/feed/ 22 Shadowing The Third Manhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/shadowing-third-man/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/shadowing-third-man/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:42 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8356 Shadowing The Third ManDocumentary recalling the turbulent history of the making of the 1949 classic British film The Third Man, with Orson Welles. The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Many critics rank

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/shadowing-third-man/feed/ 4 Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favourhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ai-weiwei-without-fear-or-favour/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ai-weiwei-without-fear-or-favour/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:00:30 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8287 Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or FavourArts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei’s arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Alan Yentob explores the story of

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/modern-masters/feed/ 21 The Art of Russiahttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-art-of-russia/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-art-of-russia/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:03:20 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8161 The Art of RussiaSeries in which art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the incredible story of Russian art – its mystery and magnificence – and until now a story untold on British television. He explores the origins of the Russian icon from its roots in Byzantium and the first great Russian

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-art-of-russia/feed/ 30 The Legend of Leigh Boweryhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-legend-of-leigh-bowery/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-legend-of-leigh-bowery/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:00:30 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7874 The Legend of Leigh BoweryThe Legend of Leigh Bowery is an in-depth and revealing tribute to an outrageous and outlandish artist. Whether he was making headdresses out of toilet seats, or giving birth to a full-grown woman in a nightclub, Bowery defined London’s culture of outrage and influenced a generation of

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-legend-of-leigh-bowery/feed/ 10 The Genius of Photographyhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-genius-of-photography/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-genius-of-photography/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:00:34 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7677 The Genius of PhotographyIn the course of our 170 year relationship, photography has delighted us, served us, moved us, outraged us and occasionally disappointed us. But mainly, it has intrigued us by showing the secret strangeness that lies beneath the world of appearances. And that is photography’s true genius. Follow

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-genius-of-photography/feed/ 22 Goya: Crazy Like a Geniushttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/goya-crazy-like-a-genius/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/goya-crazy-like-a-genius/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:03:40 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7498 Goya: Crazy Like a GeniusDocumentary in which art critic Robert Hughes travels across Spain in search of the reality beyond the mythology of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Goya has long been Hughes’ favorite artist but has become a particular obsession since a near-fatal car accident left Hughes living with nightmares of

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/genius-design/feed/ 21 This Is Modern Arthttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/this-is-modern-art/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/this-is-modern-art/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:00:56 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7275 This Is Modern ArtThis Is Modern Art was a series written and presented by the English art critic Matthew Collings. The series won several awards including a BAFTA. It became popular both because of its sometimes jokey and sometimes thoughtful explanations of the work and attitude of a new wave

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/this-is-modern-art/feed/ 43 Why Beauty Mattershttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/why-beauty-matters/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/why-beauty-matters/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:00:05 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7266 Why Beauty MattersPhilosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives. In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert. Using

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/why-beauty-matters/feed/ 100 Exit through the Gift Shophttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/exit-through-the-gift-shop/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/exit-through-the-gift-shop/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:00:27 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7087 Exit through the Gift ShopThe story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous

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American VisionsAmerican Visions, an eight-part series on American art written and narrated by Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes, is both an account of American life and a tribute to American art that will likely propel thousands of the not-yet-converted into museums and galleries, antiques shows and auction rooms to see (and inevitably shop) for themselves. Filmed in

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/american-visions/feed/ 11 The Mona Lisa Cursehttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mona-lisa-curse/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mona-lisa-curse/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:00:30 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=6838 The Mona Lisa Curse

The Mona Lisa CurseThe Mona Lisa Curse is a Grierson award-winning polemic documentary by art critic Robert Hughes that examines how the world's most famous painting came to influence the art world. With his trademark style, Hughes explores how museums, the production of art and the way we experience it have radically changed in the last 50 years, telling the story of the rise

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mona-lisa-curse/feed/ 34 The Beauty of Mapshttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/beauty-of-maps/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/beauty-of-maps/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:00:41 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=6751 The Beauty of Maps

The Beauty of MapsDocumentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell. The Beauty of Maps (Seeing the Art in Cartography) is yet another example of a BBC television series which focuses on matters concerning data visualization. It is another proof how visualization is becoming an interesting feature in popular

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