Moving Pictures

Take a long, slow look at great artworks up close.
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Series 7

Ambulance Call by Jacob Lawrence

The city comes to a stop

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh

Encounter the artist

Winter Scene on a Canal by Hendrik Avercamp

Brrrr! Winter fun on the ice

Series 6

The Flagellation of Christ by Caravaggio

A scene of torture and grace

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet

Through the looking glass in 1880s Paris

The Campo Santo, Venice by Joseph Mallord William Turner

A sunny day on the Venetian lagoon

Series 5

April by Francesco del Cossa

Explore the stunning seasonal fresco

The Feast of Herod by Peter Paul Rubens

A meal for the refined palate

Mystic Nativity by Sandro Botticelli

An intricate scene of angels and demons

Series 4

Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian

The god of wine gets intoxicated with love

The Sherborne Missal

Did you spot the man riding the lion?

Detroit Industry by Diego Rivera

Factories become fine art

Series 3

The Adoration of the Kings by Jan Gossaert

Can you find the hidden angel in Gossaert's masterpiece?

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

Take a walk in George Seurat's shimmering, glimmering Parisian Park

Kimono

Was this vibrant robe worn by a Japanese courtesan?

Series 2

Men of the Docks by George Bellows

Revealing life in the Brooklyn docks in 1912

The Hanging by Ann West

Discover life in Regency England through the extraordinary detail

The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Joos van Craesbeeck

The dark, demonic landscape of a 17th Century masterpiece

Series 1

A Flower Painting by Rachel Ruysch

What is hiding in the undergrowth of this brilliant, beautiful flower painting?

The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Scything, scrumping and swimming: experience harvest time with Bruegel

Scenes in and around Kyoto

Take a walk around 17th century Kyoto

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