Thalia the Muse of Comedy, Roman Marble at the British Museum, London

January 2, 2024

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video and photographic tour of ‘Thalia’ the Muse of Comedy, which is a Roman 2nd Century Marble at the British Museum in London. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. Unearthed in 1776 at the ancient bath ruins in Ostia, Rome, this marble statue embodies Thalia, the Muse of Comedy in Greek mythology, one of the nine Muses overseeing comedy and idyllic poetry. In Greek mythology,

The Parthenon Sculptures at the British Museum, London

January 1, 2024

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video and photographic tour of The Parthenon Sculptures at the British Museum, London. I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Acropolis in person and felt like I was there on the hottest day ever. We will be returning to specific items in this collection at a later date but let’s enjoy this simple overview today. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. Remember to pause the video to read any longer text in full. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but

Eurydice by Maurice Denis at the Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany

December 31, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a photographic tour of Eurydice by Maurice Denis, 1903-1904, Oil on canvas at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. Maurice Denis, a French painter, decorative artist, and writer, was born on 25 November 1870 and died on 13 November 1943. His father, of humble peasant origins, served four years in the army before finding employment at the railroad station. Meanwhile,

The Royal Palace Stockholm in Sweden

December 30, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video and photographic tour of The Royal Palace Stockholm in Sweden. The architectural style is Baroque and construction started in 1697 by many of the artists and craftsmen who constructed King Louis XIV’s (14th) palace of Versailles. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. Situated in the northern part of Gamla stan in Stockholm, the Royal Palace serves as one of Europe’s largest palaces and stands

Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus by J. M. W. Turner at the National Gallery in London

December 29, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video and photographic tour of Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus painted in 1829 by J. M. W. Turner at the National Gallery in London. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. In this painting, Turner draws inspiration from Homer’s Odyssey, portraying Ulysses sailing away from the island where the one-eyed giant Polyphemus had imprisoned him and his crew. Ulysses, adorned in a helmet and scarlet cloak, triumphantly raises

Sami Art & Arctic University Museum of Norway

December 28, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a photographic tour of the The Arctic University Museum of Norway, including the Sami exhibition which is in Tromso, Norway. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. Tromso is an incredibly beautiful place and I was lucky to interview the Norwegian Prime Minister there, for my book series on the Norwegian culture of Janteloven called; “The Secret Norwegian”. It’s also got quite a dark side too but

Crouching Venus at the British Museum in London

December 27, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video and photographic tour of the Second century AD Aphrodite or ‘Crouching Venus’ at the British Museum in London. We’ve visited many a Venus on my channel but I think that this might be my favourite of all. There is something about the placement of the statue, which is so visible and also it’s height. When I was a child I was also so impressed that this was on loan from Queen Elizabeth – I found that impressive and very kind of her I remember thinking! As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the

Workers on their Way Home by Edvard Munch at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen

December 26, 2023

In this episode, we’ll be taking a closer look at Workers on their Way Home by Edvard Munch, 1914, at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen. Welcome to Art, Culture & Books with me, Anthony King. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. This oil on canvas has since been sent to the new Munch Museum in Oslo, from Copenhagen where I viewed it. It was originally created between 1913 and 1914 and this piece reflects Munch’s conviction that the working class

KV55 Coffin at The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo

December 25, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video tour of the very special KV55 Coffin at The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo, from 1351 – 1334 BC. A tomb was discovered in 1907 in the Valley of the Kings during excavations paid for by a wealthy American lawyer called Theodore M. Davis. This tomb, which was uninscribed was later numbered KV55 and it’s one of Egyptology’s greatest mysteries. It has long been speculated, as well as much disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous king, Akhenaten, Egypt’s first and only monotheistic Pharaoh. We’ll take a close look at the lid and the bottom of the gilded coffin. As

Edvard Munch’s ‘Madonna’ and other works at the old The Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway

December 24, 2023

In this episode, we’ll be taking a closer look at Edvard Munch’s ‘Madonna’ and other works at the old The Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Welcome to Art, Culture & Books with me, Anthony King. As always, I take all the photos and videos myself on location, ensuring you get an up-close and personal view of the fascinating world of art and culture. I’ll be popping in and out with commentary as this video progresses but for now let’s take a close up look. Edvard Munch, the Norwegian painter, created several versions of a painting called Madonna between 1892 and 1895. It shows a topless woman and exists in various collections, including the National Gallery of Norway, the Kunsthalle Hamburg and in private ownership.