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  1. Robert Ashley (1984 Film)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Uses material from various performances of the stage version of Ashley’s ‘made for television’ opera ‘Perfect Lives (Private Parts)'. The stage version was a collaboration between Ashley, the...

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  2. Art of Physick, The (1981 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    History; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Surveys the state of medical knowledge and treatment in the 17th century.

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  3. Dinner at Baron d’Holbachs (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    A dramatisation of a dinner party at the Baron d’Holbach’s house in Paris in 1770. The guests are Frederick the Great of Prussia, Diderot, Voltaire and Rousseau. The action takes place in the dining room...

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  4. San Marco: A Dominican Priory (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The priory of San Marco in Florence was rebuilt in the 15th century by the architect Michelozzo, with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his pupils under the patronage of Cosimo de Medici. Examines the...

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  5. John Cage (1984)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary on the avant-garde composer John Cage. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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  6. Midlands Enlightenment, The (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the Lunar Society of Birmingham, which flourished from the 1760s until 1810. The society was characterised by an interest in scientific progress with a strong element of radical politics and...

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  7. Mantegna: The Triumph of Caesar (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines ‘The Triumph of Caesar’, a series of nine canvases painted in the late 15th century by Andrea Mantegna. They were painted for the Gonzaga family in Mantua and are now in the British Royal...

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  8. Meredith Monk (1984)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses Meredith Monk’s achievements as singer, dancer, performance artist, composer and filmmaker. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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  9. Ferrara: Planning the Ideal City (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    In 1492 Duke Ercole I of Ferrara began a major extension of the city, designed by his court architect Biagio Rossetti. Examines this extension, and its relationship to the history of Ferrara. Shows how the...

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  10. Greatest Paper in the World, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Fleming
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Surveys the history of ‘The Times’ from the early influential editors to the strike in the late 1970s. The second half of the programme concentrates on Rupert Murdoch’s policies in running a paper and...

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