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Art of Faith

Season 1 2008

  • 2008-06-14T23:00:00Z on BBC HD
  • 1h
  • 8h 15m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Art of Faith is a visually sumptuous series filmed in High Definition exploring the architecture and art of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The three hour-long films, presented and narrated by the broadcaster John McCarthy, visit many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings of the world.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-06-14T23:00:00Z

1x01 Islam

Series Premiere

1x01 Islam

  • 2008-06-14T23:00:00Z2h 45m

Islam includes the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, mosques in Kairouan and Cordoba, both the Haghia Sophia church and the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, the Taj Mahal at Agra and the madrassas of Samarkand.

2008-06-21T23:00:00Z

1x02 Judaism

1x02 Judaism

  • 2008-06-21T23:00:00Z2h 45m

Judaism visits one of the earliest synagogues on the mountain fort of Masada, the Gothic Old-New Synagogue in Prague and nineteenth-century houses of worship in Budapest, Liverpool and New York, as well as Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece Beth Sholom near Philadelphia.

2008-06-28T23:00:00Z

1x03 Christianity

1x03 Christianity

  • 2008-06-28T23:00:00Z2h 45m

Locations for Christianity include Saint Catherine's monastery at the foot of Mt Sinai, San Vitale in Ravenna, the cathedrals of Durham and Chartres, St Peter's Basilica, and the beautiful chapel decorated by Henri Matisse in Vence, France.

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