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- In 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.
- Christianity 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.
- Art sleuth Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .
- Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists.
- Manet 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.
- Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.
- The life of Vincent Van Gogh presented by Waldemar Januszczak.
- Art critic Waldemar Januszczak is on the quest to explain exactly what the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is actually trying to tell us.
- A 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"
- Waldemar Januszczak sets out to correct the misconceptions that have arisen about the art of Rubens.
- A history of American art with Waldemar Januszczak.
- In this documentary, well-known critic Waldemar Januszczak travels to Turkmenistan to investigate the now deceased Niyazov who retained absolute control over the country, banning photography, dogs, cinemas, circuses, car radios and ballet.
- Sickert vs. Sargent brings to life two of the biggest characters in modern British art; Walter Sickert - the gruff, aggressive man-of-the-people; and John Singer Sargent - the urbane and charming dandy. The film focuses on some of the most beautiful and alarming paintings ever made in this country; pictures of aristocrats and prostitutes, coronations and killings, opera houses and music halls, and will evoke the long-lost atmosphere of Edwardian London. But above all it will show that from their two outposts in Chelsea and Camden, Sickert and Sargent were waging a war whose legacy still haunts us today.
- Rococo 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.
- Art critic Waldemar Januzczak explores Beijing's controversial and challenging modern art scene.
- Beauty today can be subtle and elusive. It can be found in the LCD sculptures of Tatsuo Miyajima, the subtle light installations of James Turrell or cancer paintings of Damien Hirst. Januzczak, Waldemar goes searching.
- Art Critic Waldemar Januzczak presents this documentary which details french artist Toulouse-Lautrec's life.
- The history of legendary space-rock band Hawkwind, with contributions from a number of past members (Lemmy, Mik Turner, et al).
- John Richardson, Picasso's friend and biographer, tells the extraordinary story of the 20th century's greatest artist.
- The sunny landscapes and shimmering portraits of the 19th century impressionists adorn candy boxes and designer T-shirts. But as critic Waldemar Januszczak reveals in this four-part documentary, the artistic movement didn't always enjoy the widespread popularity it has today. In their time, impressionists were artistic rebels who threw out the rules set by Paris's prestigious art salons. As Januszczak visits the studios, hot spots, and rustic vistas that inspired the artists, he sheds light on a motley collection of personalities, from Jean-Frederic Bazille, a gifted, nearly seven-foot-tall painter who helped bankroll his fellow artists, to Claude Monet, whose obsession with water compelled him to build a floating studio. When they banded together for eight legendary exhibitions between 1874 and 1886, they forever expanded the boundaries of art.
- Waldemar Januszczak explores Kazakhstan's controversial and bizarre modern art scene.
- Acclaimed British art critic, Waldemar Januszczak, investigates the few known facts about William Dobson and seeks out personal stories he left behind as it follows him through his tragically short career. Among the Dobson fans interviewed in the wonderful film is Earl Spencer, brother of the late Princess Diana, who agrees wholeheartedly that William Dobson was the first great British painter.
- Shaun Greenhalgh was once a prolific forger, who could make anything using techniques from the past. He has now teamed up with Oxford historian, Dr Janina Ramirez to keep alive the secrets of the ancients.
- The Top 100 Albums of the Millennium as voted for by Channel 4 UK Tv Viewers and Guardian Newspaper Readers.
- 2020– 29m7.6 (15)TV EpisodeVan Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is one of his most famous works of art. However, hidden inside the painting is a startling secret, a steamy tale of geishas, brothels, bullfights, broken love and artistic jealousy.