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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Paradise

  Historian Dan Cruickshank looks at buildings that evoke the image of heaven across religions and cultures like Turkey's Suleymaniye Mosque, a building that evokes the gates of paradise.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/455-dan-cruickshank-s

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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Power

  Historian Dan Cruickshank examines buildings as gigantic statements of power by visiting palaces in Turkey, Romania, and the American South.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/462-dan-cruickshank-s

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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Dreams

  Historian Dan Cruickshank explores architecture with idealistic intent, like the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, where society dreamt of reforming criminals into decent men, only to find their techniques made them mad.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/463-dan-cruickshank-s

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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Death

  Historian Dan Cruickshank travels to the Czech Republic, revealing the macabre tale of a chapel decorated with human bones.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/452-dan-cruickshank-s

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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Disaster

  Historian Dan Cruickshank explores buildings shaped and threatened by disaster. He visits the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, a monument to peace and tolerance in the midst of a war zone.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/458-dan-cruickshank-s

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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Connections

  Historian Dan Cruickshank sets out to reveal how architecture enables people to live together across the world by visiting Rockefeller Center in New York and the Dharavi slum in Mumbai.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/461-dan-cruickshank-s

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  Dan Cruickshank's: Adventures in Architecture: Pleasure

  Historian Dan Cruickshank explores how architecture gives us pleasure, visiting the luxurious Taj hotel in India, a fantasy castle in Germany, and the hedonist surrounds of an ancient Pompeii brothel.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/464-dan-cruickshank-s

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  This is Civilisation: Save Our Souls

  Matthew Collings and fellow art critic John Ruskin travel through Venice, the Swiss Alps and Britain's resplendent Lake District as they show us the ways that art is able to reconnect us with nature post-industrialization.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/496-this-is-civilisation

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  This is Civilisation: Ye Gods

  A look at non-Western art traditions and the ways in which they have shaped Western civilization. Art critic Matthew Collings explores the lasting effects of religious artwork on society.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/492-this-is-civilisation

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  This is Civilisation: Feelings

  Matthew Collings explores the work of Jacques-Louis David and Francisco de Goya, whose art express their feelings toward the world, both light and dark.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/494-this-is-civilisation

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  African Art Through African Eyes

  A look at African art through the African experience.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/359-african-art-through-african-eyes

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  Art

  http://www.ovationtv.com/pages/8-art

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  Monumental Vision in Iceland

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/524-monumental-vision-in-iceland

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  Monumental Vision: in India

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/526-monumental-vision

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  Monumental Vision: in Nepal

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/528-monumental-vision

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  Monumental Vision: in Slovakia

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/529-monumental-vision

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  Monumental Vision: in Turkey

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/527-monumental-vision

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  Monumental Vision in Sri Lanka

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/522-monumental-vision-in-sri-lanka

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  Paris: Blood & Chocolate

  Art historian Sandrine Voillet reveals the tempestuous history, immortal beauty and Bohemian soul of the city she adores. In this episode, she looks at decadence and class divisions led to on of history's bloodiest civil wars.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/152-paris

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  Paris: City of Dreams

  Art historian Sandrine Voillet reveals the tempestuous history, immortal beauty and Bohemian soul of the city she adores. She visits the Louvre and meets Willy Ronis, one of the greatest French photographers.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/151-paris

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  Monumental Vision in Bolivia

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/521-monumental-vision-in-bolivia

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  Monumental Vision in China

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/525-monumental-vision-in-china

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  Monumental Vision in USA

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/530-monumental-vision-in-usa

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  Monumental Vision in Australia

  Outdoor artist Andrew Rogers creates stone monuments in different countries while exploring the native customs and cultures.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/523-monumental-vision-in-australia

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  Art & the City: Los Angeles

  An Ovation TV Original Series - Host David Keeps uncovers discoveries of arts and design in highly regarded attractions as well as uncovered corners throughout the US and Europe. In this episode, David explores the scene in Los Angeles.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/121-art-the-city

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  Art & the City: New Orleans

  An Ovation TV Original Series - Host David Keeps uncovers discoveries of arts and design in highly regarded attractions as well as uncovered corners throughout the US and Europe. In this episode, David explores the scene in New Orleans.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/115-art-the-city

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  Art & the City: London

  An Ovation TV Original Series - Host David Keeps uncovers discoveries of arts and design in highly regarded attractions as well as uncovered corners throughout the US and Europe. In this episode, David explores the scene in London.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/120-art-the-city

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  Art & the City: Paris

  An Ovation TV Original Series - Host David Keeps uncovers discoveries of arts and design in highly regarded attractions as well as uncovered corners throughout the US and Europe. In this episode, David explores the scene in Paris.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/105-art-the-city

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  Art & the City: New York

  An Ovation TV Original Series - Host David Keeps uncovers discoveries of arts and design in highly regarded attractions as well as uncovered corners throughout the US and Europe. In this episode, David explores New York City.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/114-art-the-city

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  Art & the City: Chicago

  An Ovation TV Original Series - Host David Keeps uncovers discoveries of arts and design in highly regarded attractions as well as uncovered corners throughout the US and Europe. In this episode, David explores the scene in Chicago.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/104-art-the-city

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  The Belly of an Architect

  Brian Dennehy stars in this moving look at the life of an American architect who starts to find cracks in the foundation of his marriage after moving to Rome with his beautiful young wife.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/491-the-belly-of-an-architect

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  Art of Spain: The Dark Heart

  Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spanish art of the 16th and 17th centuries. Though known as the Golden Art, this period is also known for its brutality: the rise and fall of the Empire, Spanish imperialism, and the religious madness of the

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/495-art-of-spain

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  Art of Spain: The Explosive South

  In an exploration of Moorish Spain, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at Muslim political and cultural influence as he travels to the Great Mosque in Cordoba, the Alcazar in Seville and the Alhambra in Granada.

  http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/493-art-of-spain