Art and Architecture Documentaries
Documentaries on the subject. Just what I have seen so far (and what there is on IMDB), without any consideration of the quality.
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- StarsDan CruickshankHistorian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates architecture as a creative force as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and monuments.
- StarsDan CruickshankDan Cruickshank goes in search of 80 treasures that define civilizations around the world.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakIn this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the square of Saint Peter's Basilica in Italy to St Paul's Cathedral in England.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakArt writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakIn this series critic and writer Waldemar Januszczak challenges the traditional review that the European Renaissance originated in southern Europe, advocating a case for the north instead.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakRococo art is often dismissed as frivolous. But Waldemar Januszczak disagrees and in this three-part series he tries to bring Rococo art closer to us, and argues that the Rococo was the age in which the modern world was born.
- DirectorWaldemar JanuszczakStarsWaldemar JanuszczakNico Van HoutWaldemar Januszczak sets out to correct the misconceptions that have arisen about the art of Rubens.
- DirectorWaldemar JanuszczakStarsWaldemar JanuszczakJuliet Wilson-BareauManet is one of the main candidates for the title of the most important artist that ever lived. As the father of Impressionism he can be accused of inventing modern art. But his story is deeper than imagined.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakShaun GreenhalghChristianity slowly emerged from being a persecuted minority to the state religion of the Roman Empire. This episode is a history of the ways believers grappled with a way to depict Jesus. Simple symbolic meaning developed into splendid art and churches.
- DirectorWaldemar JanuszczakStarsWaldemar JanuszczakA survey of Hans Holbein's career from his beginnings as a religious painter to his work for Henry VIII and beyond. The program also includes a close analysis of "The Ambassadors"
- StarsAlastair SookeZahi HawassSalima IkramIn this 3 part series Alistair Sooke visits 30 great treasures of Egyptian art, some in Egypt either in situ or in the Cairo Museum, others in museums elsewhere.
- StarsAlastair SookeEdith HallVassilisSeries in which Alastair Sooke explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art.
- StarsAlastair SookeVito ZagarrioLeo StevensonAlastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire in an attempt to refute the claims that Rome didn't produce any art of originality during its
- StarsJanina RamirezAlastair SookeCeleste RodriguesArt historians Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke embark upon interesting and unusual cultural city breaks to three cities, seeking out hidden creativity and new ways of enjoying famous sights.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffPhil GrabskyStarsJamie de CourceyDelving deep into the fascinating and sometimes deeply troubled world of Vincent van Gogh who, perhaps more than any other artist, has long captured the imagination of storytellers.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffStarsHugh BonnevilleTracy ChevalierWalter LiedtkeThe Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer is one of the most enduring paintings in the history of art. This beautifully filmed documentary goes in pursuit of answers to the unresolved riddles surrounding this extraordinary piece.
- Hosted by London's National Gallery, a major exhibition of Rembrandt's late masterpieces. It documents this extraordinary show and interweaves Rembrandt's life story and behind-the-scenes at the gallery.
- DirectorPhil GrabskyStarsPhillipe CézanneOne cannot appreciate 20th-century art without understanding the significance and genius of Paul Cézanne.
- DirectorPhil GrabskyBen HardingStarsTim MarlowA new "Exhibition on Screen" exploration of Vermeer's artwork.
- DirectorBen HardingStarsTim MarlowMany know Munch as the man who painted The Scream, but his complete works are remarkable and secure his place as one of the world's great artists. Munch 150 goes behind the scenes to show some of the process of putting the exhibition together - as well as touring Norway to provide an in-depth biography of a man who lived from the mid-19th century right through to the German occupation of Norway in the Second World War.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffAn journey into the life and art of Venice's famous view-painter, no artist better captures the essence and allure of Venice than Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto.
- DirectorMarco PianigianiStarsSimone D'AndreaFor the first time in the world, the most advanced 3D technology at the disposal of art, to live an extraordinary thrilling journey inside the Vatican Museums, narrated by Prof. Paolo Paolucci, Director of Vatican Museums. An original production by Sky Italia.
- DirectorLuca ViottoStarsMarco CiattiArturo GalansinoSimon MerrellsA multidimensional and multisensory journey in the Florentine Renaissance through its most representative beauties, with the latest-generation 3D and 4K technology and the most advanced techniques of modelling and dimensionalisation.