After being sprayed with acid near an east London Shopping Centre a 15 year old is arrested. Spectacle and celebration as prince harry opens the Invictus Games in toronto. The presence of his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle also captures attention. Good morning. In sport, Manchester City smash five past Crystal Palace, as all of the favourites taste victory in the premier league. Hidden in plain sight. We have the story of ambled reproductions which turned out to be a priceless masterpiece. And talking of masterpieces, heres the weather. Mixed fortunes weather wise. Some changes yesterday. Light and heavy, ill keep you updated on that. Join me in15 ill keep you updated on that. Join me in 15 minutes. North korea has warned the United States it would take pre Emptive Military action if there was any sign of an american attack on its territory. The comment came after us bombers and fighter jets flew over waters close to north koreas east coast. Pyongyangs foreign minister also repeated
The train from d. C. To new york but no one on the train was hurt. The trenton line is now suspended while police investigate. Trains are getting by slowly at this point. Moving to our weather. Heavy rain all afternoon creating gridlock and some flooded roadways as well. If you are waiting on a loved one, be patient this evening. It is bumper to bumper just about everywhere you turn. Taking a look at the roads, this is the schuykill expressway right before the northeast extension. Look at the traffic on the left side of your screen. A view from our mellon camera, you cant even see the schuykill and the vine expressway. Good bet lots of traffic there as welg. Check out the conditions in hammonton, new jersey. This is a wet 54. You will definitely need your umbrella at Citizens Bank park for the phillies game tonight. As you can see from first alert radar, lot of rain out there moving across most of the area. We have Team Coverage as we track this heavy rain. We begin with first alert ch
Reesenthll range o van dycks artistic creation, which allowed us to realize thimposing s of many of his compositions, react to t sensuous color, and rceive the touchf the artist in the rich brushwork. The pangsthemselves ca. In this program, well try to recreate the experience of the exhibition itself, moving through the various phases of van dycks career and discovering his magnificent art. Van dycks earliest family portrait sets the stage for our look at the artists life and work. Itas painted in 19n anerp, when van dyck was only about 20 yearsld. In this closeknit group, we sense intimacy and informality. The child looks up at h fathe who leans protectively toward his young wife and daughter. This deep sympathy for families would be one of van dycks great contributions to the art of portraiture. In 1609, when van dyck was only 10 years old, he apprenticed with a painter in his native city of antwerp in the southern netherlands. By t time he was 16, his skill and talent aowed h to jo
Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project as the 16th century ended and the 17th began, here in catholic rome there was a feeling of jubilation, a sense of rebirth. Pope paul v, in the year of our lord 1612, has brought water 35 miles from the healthiest springs in bracciano through new and restored aqueducts. What better way to sigl the revival of the ancient grandeur of rome than to restore its renowned system for bringing water from distant mountains to the city streets . Pope pauls new water supply, the acqua paola, or pauls water as it was called, was soon rushing into the daylight from fountains all around the city. The finest of these fountains was designed by sculptor and architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was built in the Piazza Navona which stood on foundations of an ancient stadium, a material expression of the idea of eternal rome. The city had survived 100 years of political and religious turmoil, of war and destruction. Despite invasions of european monarchs
Served the requirements of Roman Catholic counter reformation ideology, inspiring faith, inducing piety. The immediacy and individuality of the figures, the use of great circling arcs in the sweeping compositions, his dazzling use of color, all contribute to the heightened emotionalism that was intended to lift the spectator out of the everyday world into a state of exultation. His works are the most powerful expression of triumph and christianity. Rubens achieved his success early as we see in this youthful selfportrait, together with his first wife. He was the superstar of the art world of the day, the most esteemed Court Painter in europe, when in 1628 he was summoned to spain to paint the king. From his capital at madrid, philip iv ruled the greatest empire in the world, with dominions stretching from the philippines to peru, but bogged down by a long war in the netherlands, the most powerful state in europe was about to slip into decline. At a time beset with uncertainty, the arts