A six-part Sky Arts documentary series presented by John McCarthy explores the art and architecture of different faiths and their religious buildings around the world. This series includes Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Religions of the Tao. Available for download and streaming.
Art of Faith I and Art of Faith II are visually sumptuous series filmed in HD exploring the architecture and art of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Religions of the Tao. The six-hour-long films, presented and narrated by the broadcaster John McCarthy, visit many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings in the world.
View Details >>Art of Faith I is a visually sumptuous series filmed in HD 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 in the world.
View Details >>In this one hour film, Christianity: Art of Faith I looks at the diverse range of Christian worship and asks; what do these special places reveal about those who built them and those who created extraordinary artworks for them?
View Details >>Art of Faith I: Islam asks; how do very different mosques across the world express the fundamentals of Islam? And what are the stories of other buildings of the faith, like madrassas – the religious schools – and mausoleums?
View Details >>Art of Faith I: 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.
View Details >>Art of Faith II is a visually sumptuous series filmed in HD exploring the architecture and art of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Religions of the Tao. 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.
View Details >>Buddhism looks at the central beliefs and understandings of Buddhism alongside the story of the Buddha himself. The film asks how Buddhist architecture reflects the core tenets of the faith?
View Details >>The history of Hinduism is as complex as the stories of its many deities and the architecture of this religion serves as an excellent place to understand the meanings of the major gods and their myths.
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