SAINTS IN ART
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YEAR
2013 -
DURATION
30 x 26′ -
VIDEO FORMAT
HD -
AUTHOR
Luca Criscenti -
VIDEO EDITING
Augusto Fratini -
PRODUCTION
Land Comunicazioni -
ON AIR
Tv 2000
The life of the best known and loved saints, their stories, legends and miracles: the paths of faith in twenty centuries of Christianity.
A story told with images, an itinerary through Italian and European religious art, to identify Christianity’s protagonists through their depiction in tradition and art. Thirty documentaries for a hundred saints: from the Apostles to the Counter-Reformation; from the martyrs of the Early Christian period to the monks of the Middle Ages; from the hermits to the Mendicant Orders. Francis, Dominic, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalen, Anthony, Benedict, Ignatius of Loyola e many others, as depicted by the greatest artists. The most popular Catholic saints on canvas, frescoes and statuary. Thirty 26-minutes documentaries, shot in churches and museums. A journey through the history of Christianity and a full immersion in the great tradition of Italian and European religious art.