The story of England's longest ruling dynasty, starting with Henry II and ending with Richard III.
英国历史上享国最长的王朝, 起自亨利二世, 终于理查三世.

这个带有一定剧情的系列纪录片通过罗马时期的六个关键转折点描述古罗马的兴起和衰亡的故事,但它立足于精确的、广泛的历史研究，向我们展现了那些贪婪的、淫荡的和野心勃勃的人如凯撒、尼禄和康斯坦丁，当然也正是他们促使了罗马帝国的形成。同时它还描述了罗马怎么毁灭迦太基，被凯撒征服，又怎么镇压犹太人的反叛，转向基督教。
这是一部混合着剧情和史实的纪录片，它使得我们准确的了解罗马帝国是怎样形成、达到鼎盛以及最终不可避免的走向衰亡的过程。
01: 凯撒
02: 尼禄
03: 反叛
04: 革命
05: 康斯坦丁
06: 罗马的衰亡

The new series on Renaissance painting, written and presented by Matthew Collings, begins with an artistic investigation into one of the most radiant and beautiful images in all of art history, The Madonna of the Meadow, painted in 1505 by Raphael.
Renaissance art has become part of the 21st-century heritage industry but when Raphael was alive, it was a startling new form of visual expression, and Raphael's vibrant 'realism' was striking and fresh. It became the model for western art for the next 400 years, right up until the birth of Modernism.
As much as it was a cultural 'rebirth', the Renaissance was also a revolution in ideas about reality. Matthew Collings sets out to remind us of how radical Renaissance paintings were when they were made, as well as opening our eyes to what is still truly great about them. In this programme he deconstructs The Madonna of the Meadow with the help of the very latest high-resolution digital technology, which allows him to explore the inner secrets of Raphael's painterly effects with a clarity and at a level of detail never before seen on television.
As Matthew says, it is a journey 'to the other side of an illusion', revealing how Raphael created the alluring images that were so appealing to his wealthy Renaissance clients - including the Pope - and which entranced artists for centuries after his death. Matthew explains the secret to Raphael's vibrant colour harmonies, which the artist grasped intuitively, long before the advent of colour 'theory'; and Raphael also knew how to exploit colour effects to create the impression of extraordinary depth in his paintings.

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