• 2018
Monuments sacrés

Summary The documentary collection "Sacred Monuments" explores in four 90-minute installments the most beautiful religious buildings in the world to tell the story of how man's relationship to religion has evolved. View more details

  • 2018

Monuments sacrés

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Dec 14, 2018

Countries of origin : France

Language : French

Production companies : ARTE Zed

Summary The documentary collection "Sacred Monuments" explores in four 90-minute installments the most beautiful religious buildings in the world to tell the story of how man's relationship to religion has evolved. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Dec 14, 2018

Countries of origin : France

Language : French

Production companies : ARTE Zed

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Episode 1 • Dec 14, 2018
Églises: La quête de la lumière
Born in the darkness of a cave in Palestine, early Christianity was practiced in secret for three centuries. To allow Christians to gather in numbers and practice their rites, monuments adapted to their worship are needed: churches. The spread of Christianity on all continents will be accompanied by a flowering of ever taller and larger monasteries, churches and cathedrals. From Jerusalem to Mont-Saint-Michel, from Florence to Moscow, via Chartres and Seville, the style of Christian monuments has been renewed throughout its history. Pushing back the limits of technology, Christian builders have competed over the centuries to affirm the power of the Church, with as a common thread of their architecture a great momentum towards the heavens and the quest for light.
Episode 2 • Dec 21, 2018
Temples d'Asie: Les hommes, la nature et les dieux
Hinduism only adopted proper temples after younger Buddhism provided a stupa model. Unlike the Western and Abrahamic traditions, their temples aren't simply designed for cult purposes but symbolically as intricate cosmic model. Various traditional forms developed in regions Buddhism spread to from India. The mandala (cosmic model) was developed even beyond architecture in Tibetan Lamaism. South East Asia's lavishly decorated golden stupas culminated in Burmese kingdoms, from rich endowments to acquire karma, massive stone building in Insulind. Mongolia was converted by one of its khans, who turned his court tents into mobile monasteries while becoming a hereditary theocracy.
Episode 3 • Dec 21, 2018
Synagogues: Absence et présence
The sacred monuments of Judaism are united by a remarkable and tragic history, that of the Jewish people. Few have gone through history. They are a reflection of the trajectory of a people: to survive, they must keep a low profile. In Djerba in Tunisia, they are modeled on the plans of the mosques. In the Ghetto of Venice, the modest facades of the five synagogues do not hint at the sumptuous interior. On the Iberian Peninsula, where the Inquisition had almost all the synagogues destroyed, those that remain are exceptional. In Europe, where the Second World War wiped out almost all Jewish places of worship, the Great Synagogue in Budapest is one of the few surviving monuments. But, in the New World where Jews find refuge, the Beth Sholom Synagogue reflects their confidence and their pride in finally being visible.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Mosquées: Art et espace
Each major Mislim dynasty built mosques in a typical style and choice of materials, often reflecting rich cross-fertilization with converted cultures. The original OMmayad caliphs rivaled the splendor of Byzantine churches, their surviving offshoot in Cordoba created its own Abdalusian variation, whose splendid Mequita forest of pillars impressed Recionquistadores enough to spare it, only build a cathedral inside. The Abbassids went for sober. The Turkish Ottomans complied elements from the largely conquered Byzantine empire, culminating in Suleyman the Magnificent's architect Sinan's Istanbul mosques. The rival Shiite branch's Persian champion dynasty's champion Shah Abbas erected a rivaling new capital at Isfahan, focused on harmony with nature. The Turkic Moghol dynasty which ruled most of India adopted splendid Hindustani traditions, culminating in Shah Jahan's Taj Mahal mausoleum and Red Mosque, still the focus of Indian Islam.
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