Category: Arts & Tradition

Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Pride of the Yankees’: Lou Gehrig’s Humble Greatness

Not Rated | 2 h 8 min | Drama, Biopic | 1943 One of Hollywood’s all-time greats, Gary Cooper, was born in 1901. One of America’s all-time baseball greats, Lou Gehrig, was born just two years later, in 1903. Both loved the outdoors; Gehrig, hitting his heart out as first baseman for the Yankees, and…


America’s Guardians of Rare and Hard-to-Find Fine Art Materials

For over 30 years, George O’Hanlon has been making paint and investigating natural pigments and mediums, keen to find the best practices and formulations to pass on to professional artists. His quest has taken him around the world, where he’s discovered fellow artists and enthusiasts just as passionate about the art of painting and paint…


Lake Titicaca: The Sea of the Tiwanaku | Arkeo Ep18 | Documentary

Lake Titicaca was considered a sacred site by the Incas. In the 15th century, they made it the cradle of their civilization, the sun’s place of birth. And yet, beneath the lake’s waters lies a different story. …


[PREMIERING on Jan 27 at 10 AM ET] William Bouguereau: A Defender of God-Given Art

The 19th-century artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau saw art, just like his predecessors Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Rafael, as a divine calling. He not only excelled in the use of techniques and colors, but also produced over 800 delicate works of art during his lifetime that were greatly cherished all over Europe and the United States. Even…


Caravaggio and the Conversion of Saul

Every civilization loves the New Year, a celebration of renewal. In the West, people make resolutions for self-improvement, embark on a “dry January,” or try new diets and exercise programs to reinvent themselves. These are signs of hope, a belief that the next year may be even better, or more importantly, that despite the omnipresent…


Yakutia: A Serbian Mystery | Arkeo Ep17 | Documentary

Yakutia extends beneath the polar circle to the east of Siberia. This land is home to a unique people whose origins were completely unknown until the recent discoveries of a team of archeologists and geneticists. …


Nazca: The Secret of the Lines | Arkeo Ep16 | Documentary

The craziest theories have attempted to explain the famous Nasca lines: astronomical calendar, divine frescoes, extra-terrestrial signals. Archaeologist Markus Reindel has been trying to bring science back to the forefront of this search for meaning. …


Phonm Penh: The Origins of Angkor | Arkeo Ep15 | Documentary

In the mountains of Cambodia, 50 kilometers from Angkor and its famous temples, archaeologist Jean-Baptiste Chevance tirelessly excavates the remains of Mahendraparvata, another vast ancient Khmer city. …


What The Lord of the Rings Teaches us About ‘Being Woke’

We all like stories, or sometimes, using posher language: narratives. There is a good reason for that: “Narrative may be regarded as a primary act of mind,” said Professor Brian Cox in his introduction to the English National Curriculum that was being introduced into UK schools in 1988. More recently, Frank Wolcek in his book…


The Divine Nature of Human Beings: Milton’s Satan in Awe

Our series “Illustrious Ideas and Illustrations: The Imagery of Gustav Doré” has shown the evil ways of Satan as he has vowed to take revenge on God. We’ve seen in our last article, that after having a difficult internal struggle in which he determinedly decides to continue defying God, Satan comes upon the paradise of…