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Beauty of Diagrams, The (2010)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy illustrates that, far from being a reluctant visual medium, science is actually at the forefront of many of the world’s most iconic and revolutionary designs. In THE BEAUTY...

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Florentine Carnival (1977 Video)

Subject

History; Italian studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Recreates background for the street carnivals of the time of Lorenzo de Medici. A group of strolling players presents songs, sketches and a display of tumbling.

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Michelangelo (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £9.99

This documentary film accompanies the exhibition, ‘Michelangelo Drawings - Closer to the Master’, which was held at the British Museum in 2006. The film is presented by Neil MacGregor, Director of the...

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Duccio: The Rucellai Madonna (1993 Video)

Producer

Amanda Willett

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Professor John White compares the history and pictorial significance of this panel painting to the similarly sized ‘Ognissanti Madonna’ by Giotto. Dr Alfio del Serra, who restored both works, examines...

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Great Britons (1978 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Portraits of famous personalties in British history. 1: Nelson was a hero in his own lifetime due to his series of victories against the French. He died splendidly on his own flagship at the hight of his...

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400 Years of the Telescope (2009)

Director

Kris Koenig

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

A documentary tracing the history of the telescope from the days of Copernicus to recent findings from the Hubble Telescope. The film begins in 17th century Florence, Italy, with Galileo training his...

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Donatello (1986)

aka: Donatello: The First Modern Sculptor

Director

Ann Turner

Producer

Ann Turner

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 85 minutes), £18.89

Presents the work of Italian sculptor Donatello and looks at many of his major works, including ‘Madonna and Child’, Three modern-day sculptors - Henry Moore, Elisabeth Frink and Peter Rockwell -...

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Baptistery, Padua, The (1993 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the fascinating and complex decorative scheme painted by Giusto de Menabuoi, which fills the interior of the public baptistery commandeered to act as a family funerary chapel by Fina Buzzacarina,...

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Walls of Colour: The Technique of Fresco Painting (1996 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

Illustrates the technique of painting in fresco, combining studio demonstrations with location filming of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, the Spanish Chapel in Florence and the Villa Farnesina and the Farnese...

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Good Soldier, The (2011)

Director

Kevin Billington

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £12.99

Adaptation of Ford Madox Ford’s novel about two married couples, Englishman Edward Ashburnam and his wife Leonora, and Americans John and Florence Dowell who meet annually in the German spa town of Bad...

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