Janina Ramirez
Biography: Dr Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (pronounced [ja'nina]; née Maleczek; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as Nina Ramirez, is a British art historian, cultural historian, and TV presenter. She specializes in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context. Ramirez went to school in Slough, Berkshire. She gained a degree in English literature, specializing in Old and Middle English, from St Anne's College, Oxford, before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. She completed a PhD on the artistic and literary symbolism of birds, which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the University of Winchester, University of Warwick, and University of Oxford.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 07, 1980
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Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
2014-01-05
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Overview: The history of still life painting with oil paints
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-05
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Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
2011-10-12
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
Overview: Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster is the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and it was the creative vision of a single artist - a mysterious master craftsman called John Thornton, one of the earliest named English artists. The East Window of York Minster is far more than a work of artistic genius, it is a window onto the medieval world and the medieval mind - telling us who were once were and who we still are, all preserved in the most fragile medium of all.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-12
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The Viking Sagas
2011-05-10
The Viking Sagas
Overview: Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-10
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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
2010-08-10
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
Overview: In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is a plausible one - is that we should not look upon their era as a "dark age" as compared, for example, to Roman times, but rather celebrate it as an age in which creativity flowered, especially in terms of artistic design as well as symbolism. She shows plenty of good examples, ranging from the Franks Casket to the Staffordshire Hoard, and the Lindisfarne Gospels. - l_rawjalaurence
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-10
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England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
2017-10-19
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
Overview: To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that defined this radical religious revolution in England.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-19
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The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
2018-04-30
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
Overview: Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he acquired his anatomical knowledge.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-30
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The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
2016-07-19
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
Overview: In this hour-long documentary, Dr Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for centuries in the shadows of history, the first book ever written in English by a woman, Julian of Norwich, in 1373. Revelations of Divine Love dared to present an alternative vision of man's relationship with God, a theology fundamentally at odds with the church of Julian's time, and for 500 years the book was suppressed. It re-emerged in the 20th century as an iconic text for the women's movement and was acknowledged as a literary masterpiece.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-19
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Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
2021-03-08
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
Overview: Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists. Each film gives a female perspective on modern-day topics from body image and new love to grief and belonging. Expect honest and refreshing storytelling that will make you laugh, make you cry and make you think. In a Room Full of Sisters; Blood Stains; Bridging the Gap; Cake; Ding-Ding, Next; Fruity; In Perpetuum; Owulide; White Dwarf; Cosmic Domestic; The Dead Are Jewels to Me; The Presence of Absence
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-08
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Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
2014-10-28
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
Overview: Medieval historian Dr Janina Ramirez looks back to a time when British craftsmen and their patrons created a new form of architecture. The art and architecture of France would dominate England for much of the medieval age. Yet British stonemasons and builders would make Gothic architecture their own, inventing a national style for the first time – Perpendicular Gothic – and giving Britain a patriotic backdrop to suit its new ambitions of chivalry and power. From a grand debut at Gloucester Cathedral to commemorate a murdered king to its final glorious flowering at King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, the Perpendicular age was Britain’s finest.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-28
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Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
2012-01-26
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Overview: In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the UK. Dan Snow travels across the old Kingdom of Mercia to unravel the secrets of the Staffordshire Hoard.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
2019-11-24
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
Overview: Janina Ramirez presents a screengrab of inspiring, beautiful and urgent stories from emerging and established film-makers with their interpretations of life's big topics. A Fashion Show; Birdcage; Body to Body; Ffasiwn, The Film; Folk; Light Noise; Through a Screen Darkly; Be Different Today; Palm Tree; Shiner; Demons Before Breakfast; How Do You Know You're in Love?; Sensational Simmy; What Does It Mean to Be British?
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-24
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Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
2020-03-05
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
Overview: Janina Ramirez presents a set of short films by talented, emerging artists who use comedy, drama and dance to tell stories from a contemporary female perspective. A Flourishing Crown; Afro Hair Rituals; Being Better; Born to Flex; Justin, What Have You Done to Us?; Searching for Cowardice; Vlogger; Where Are You From?; Femme Fatale
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-05
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Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
2022-03-06
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
Overview: Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging female directors and artists. Each film gives a female perspective on modern-day topics from friendship and identity to freedom and belonging. Silent Pride; 0.5%; After the Break; Black. British. Muslim. Other.; Exhale; Hung Out to Dry; I Asked for Wonder; Midday; Sapphire of the Valley; The Skin I Move In; We know a better word than happy; Being Black in Northern Ireland
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-06
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