If you enjoyed art critic Waldemar Januszczak's romp around baroque Europe, then his new series, in which he's intent on throwing light upon the dark ages, could be for you.
In this week's episode Januszczak concentrates on early Christian art and architecture with its borrowings from the pagan world.
Next week we are promised barbarian bling.
For those of you who enjoy the back story, here's an astonishing snippet:
“ Waldemar Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire to Polish refugees who had arrived in Britain after World War II. His father, a policeman in Poland, whose job had included exposing Communists, found work as a railway carriage cleaner and died, aged 57, when a train ran over him at Basingstoke station. His widow, then aged 33, found work as a dairymaid. Waldemar was one year old”.
In this week's episode Januszczak concentrates on early Christian art and architecture with its borrowings from the pagan world.
Next week we are promised barbarian bling.
For those of you who enjoy the back story, here's an astonishing snippet:
“ Waldemar Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire to Polish refugees who had arrived in Britain after World War II. His father, a policeman in Poland, whose job had included exposing Communists, found work as a railway carriage cleaner and died, aged 57, when a train ran over him at Basingstoke station. His widow, then aged 33, found work as a dairymaid. Waldemar was one year old”.
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