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BBC - An Art Lovers' Guide: Series 1 (2017)

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Date: 21 May 2017 17:32:16

With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of artistic highlights. In this series, art historians Dr Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke take us on three cultural citybreaks, hunting for off-the-beaten-track artistic treats - and finding new ways of enjoying some very famous sights.

Part 1: Amsterdam
In this opening episode, they head to Amsterdam, a city that pioneered so much of modern life, from multinational trade to the way we design our homes. To find out how, Alastair and Janina take us on a fast paced tour of the city's cultural hotspots. Picking their way through the crowds queuing to see Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum, they also introduce us to the paintings of Jan Steen, a Dutch legend whose paintings capture the city's freewheeling lifestyle.

Part 2: Barcelona
In this second episode, Janina Ramirez and Alastair are on a mission to get to know one of the most popular cities in the world through its art and architecture. Although Barcelona is famous for its exuberant modernista buildings, the Gothic Quarter and artistic superstars such as Picasso, Janina and Alastair are determined to discover some less well-known cultural treats.

Part 3: St Petersburg
In the final episode of their entertaining series of cultural citybreaks, Dr Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke explore St Petersburg through its dazzling art and architecture. They want to see how art has been used to enhance prestige and power in this city, ever since it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great.

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BBC - Francesco's Venice (2007)
BBC - Renaissance Revolution (2010)
The State Hermitage Museum (2011)
BBC - Power of Art (2006)
BBC - Fine Art Collection (2003)
BBC - Modern Masters (2010)
BBC - The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2004)
ITV Perspectives - Magritte: The Man In The Hat (2014)
Channel 4 - Toulouse Lautrec: The Full Story (2006)
Early Renaissance Painting 1250-1450 (2005)
Italian Renaissance Painting: 1450-1530 (2006)
BBC - Private Life of a Christmas Masterpiece (2010)
The Private Life of a Masterpiece: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (2005)
Leonardo: From the National Gallery London (2014)
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971)
BBC - Rubens: An Extra Large Story (2014)

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