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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Historic Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù used to say that the sculpture is a hand gesture, a gesture of love. This documentary follows the process of creating one of Velasco Vitali’s famous dog sculptures, from wax to glazed bronze, at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia (Battaglia Artistic Foundry) in Milan. The film observes the work of a group of skilled artisans in this 100-year-old foundry and reveals the ancient traditions of bronze sculpture making,...
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
What were the last days in Pompeii like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago? In 2021, for the first time, an ornate four-wheeled ceremonial chariot was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii, offering new insights into the lives of wealthy, high-ranking landowners who lived in villas on rich farmland outside the city.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
William Waldren (1924-2003), a multifaceted, restless, charismatic, and controversial artist, arrived in Mallorca in 1953. A pioneer and self-taught in archaeology and the study of the prehistory of the Balearic Islands. Epicentre of the cultural movement in Deiá since the late 1950s, he was a painter, sculptor, artistic designer and a lover of his host land and its people. A true entrepreneur who, over time, managed to become a benchmark in the...
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Yasmin El Shazly and Mahmoud Rashad travel across Egypt, hoping to answer some of the many questions surrounding the life and death of Tutankhamun. They speak with leading scholars, enjoy exclusive access to the tomb British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered 100 years ago in the Valley of the Kings, and visit several active dig sites--they even see the face of the pharaoh!
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