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Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 2 - Ethiopia

Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 2 – Ethiopia

Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 2 – Ethiopia: Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of the old African kingdom of Ethiopia, which ended when Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the military in 1974.     The African continent is home to nearly a billion people. It has an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know less […]

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Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 1 - Nubia

Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 1 – Nubia

Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 1 – Nubia: Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of the old African kingdom of Nubia, whose kings once ruled Egypt and which was eventually defeated by its environment.     The African continent is home to nearly a billion people. It has an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know less

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Rebuilding Notre-Dame episode 2

Rebuilding Notre-Dame episode 2

Rebuilding Notre-Dame episode 2: Three years after the devastating fire, Lucy Worsley has exclusive access to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris at a key turning point of the restoration. Work to rebuild and restore the monument is being ramped up in a bid to meet the ambitious deadline to reopen it to the public in 2024.     Visiting

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Rebuilding Notre-Dame episode 1

Rebuilding Notre-Dame episode 1

Rebuilding Notre-Dame episode 1: Documentary that goes inside what remains of the world-famous Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. It is one year since the inferno devastated the vast timber and lead roof and the 850-year-old gothic masterpiece is still perilously close to collapse. Now, we follow the men and women fighting to secure the fire-ravaged structure. Lead dust from the vaporised

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Sagrada Familia the Gaudi Revolution

Sagrada Familia the Gaudi Revolution

Sagrada Familia the Gaudi Revolution: Gaudi left us a spectacular work. An unfinished creation: the Sagrada Familia. A huge, senseless cathedral project, whose rules and spirit must be understood in order to be completed. A challenge that has occupied the successors of the great Catalan architect for more than a century.     The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la

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The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 3 - Vienna

The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 3 – Vienna

The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 3 – Vienna: Stephen Smith explores how Vienna’s artists rebelled against the establishment in the late 19th century and brought their own highly sexed version of art nouveau to the city.     In a story that combines scandal and revolution, cultural correspondent Stephen Smith explores how Vienna’s artists rebelled against the establishment in

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The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 2 - British Cities

The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 2 – British Cities

The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 2 – British Cities: Britain’s art nouveau heritage is excavated as cultural correspondent Stephen Smith unearths the bright. Stephen Smith explores Britain’s art nouveau heritage, from the controversial life of Aubrey Beardsley to the work of Mary Watts and the influence of Arthur Liberty.     On a mission to uncover lesser-known stars of

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The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 1

The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 1 – Paris

The Allure of Art Nouveau episode 1 – Paris: The delicious objects of Parisian Art Nouveau are explored by cultural correspondent Stephen Smith. Stephen Smith explores the objects of Parisian Art Nouveau and learns how some of the 19th century’s most glamorous, controversial figures inspired an extraordinary movement.     Uncovering how the luscious decorative style first erupted into the

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Metalworks episode 3 - The Blacksmith's Tale

Metalworks episode 3 – The Blacksmith’s Tale

Metalworks episode 3 – The Blacksmith’s Tale: In a story where progress meets creative invention, this film looks at how the blacksmith created items in wrought and cast iron that both served and embellished society. From the earliest ornate hinges and doors to magnificent baroque gates and mass-produced street furniture, it reveals the mastery of metalworkers such as Jean Tijou,

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Metalworks episode 2 - The Knight's Tale

Metalworks episode 2 – The Knight’s Tale

Metalworks episode 2 – The Knight’s Tale: Art historian and curator Tobias Capwell celebrates the great age of armour. Referencing the unstoppable rise of the Royal Almain Armoury at Greenwich, he tells the forgotten story of how Henry VIII fused German high technology with Renaissance artistry in the pursuit of one aim – to become the very image of the

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Metalworks episode 1 - The Golden Age of Silver

Metalworks episode 1 – The Golden Age of Silver

Metalworks episode 1 – The Golden Age of Silver: Dan Cruickshank visits Britain’s finest country houses, museums and factories as he uncovers the 18th- and 19th-century fascination with silver. Delving into an unsurpassed era of shimmering opulence, heady indulgence and conspicuous consumption, Dan discovers the Georgian and Victorian obsession with this tantalising precious metal which represented status, wealth and excellent

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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art episode 2

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 2

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 2: Mary unpacks the complex subject of art and ideology, considering a range of very different works that have challenged the political and social status quo, expressing opinions and attitudes that many have wanted to silence – and even erase.     She examines artwork ranging from the etchings of Otto Dix, banned by the

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