This 10-minute film explores the life and art of Alonso Berruguete, the revolutionary sculptor and painter of Renaissance Spain. Around 1506, when still a teenager, Berruguete traveled from his small town in Castile to Italy, where he...

Who were the Medici—and how did they become one of the most powerful families in history? In this episode, we dive into the story of the House of Medici, a super-rich family from Italy who helped shape art, science, and politics during...

1983, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird draw four turtles: and name them after renaissance artists; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. With $2,000, they print 3000 copies of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. Eastman and Laird sign a...

Art history is much more than names, dates, and creepy babies. It helps us understand how history itself gets constructed and told. In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn how interpreting artwork reveals connections...

NASA has selected the DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble-gases, Chemistry and Imaging +) mission as part of its Discovery program, and it will be the first spacecraft to enter the Venus...

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

Once upon a time, a horrible war known as World War 1 devastated the planet. Immediately after the war, a lot of people in the United States were passionate about various causes, some good, some not so much. While women had finally won...