Barcelona
Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover Barcelona through its art and architecture, including the frescoes that inspired Miro and a surprising collection of vintage fans.
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.
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. Escaping the crowds on the Ramblas, they seek out the designs of an engineer who arguably put more of a stamp on the city than its star architect, Antoni Gaudi. Alastair marvels at the Romanesque frescoes that inspired a young Miro, while Janina discovers a surprising collection of vintage fans in the Mares, one of the city's most remarkable but rarely visited museums.
With a behind-the-scenes visit to Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, a session of impromptu Catalan dance and Alastair adding the finishing touches to some Barcelona street art, it is a fast-paced and colourful tour of the city's art and artists, revealing how Barcelona developed its distinctive cultural identity and how the long-running fight for independence has shaped the artistic life of the city.
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Clips
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Nina tries a few dance steps, Barcelona style
Duration: 01:08
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Behind the scenes of the Sagrada Familia
Duration: 00:58
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Barcelona's Tourist Appeal - Blessing or a Curse?
Duration: 02:23
Music Played
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The Easy Access Orchestra
Go Team
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Bastille
Good Grief
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Tiggs da Author
Run (feat. Lady Leshurr)
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Manu Chao
Mala Fama
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Manu Chao
Sone Otro Mundo
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Janina Ramirez |
Presenter | Alastair Sooke |
Producer | Colin Rothbart |
Series Producer | Ruth Shurman |
Executive Producer | Richard Bright |
Director | Colin Rothbart |
Broadcasts
- Mon 8 May 2017 21:00
- Tue 9 May 2017 03:00
- Wed 4 Oct 2017 20:00
- Thu 5 Oct 2017 03:00
- Thu 6 Dec 2018 00:00
- Thu 28 Feb 2019 00:00
- Wed 6 Nov 2019 22:00
- Wed 29 Apr 2020 23:00
- Sat 21 May 2022 19:00
- Sun 22 May 2022 02:15
- Mon 1 May 2023 21:00
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