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  1. Italian Patient, The (2002)

    Subject
    History; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

    While leeches, bleeding and amputation with opium were commonplace practices in Renaissance medicine, it also had a surprisingly enlightened side. The Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence offered free...

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  2. National Gallery, The: A Private View (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27, 54, 54, 54, 54, 54 min., 2005 sale: £14.99 (inc) each part - EDS

    Series dealing with the history of European art. 1: The religious Italian art of the 13th and 14th centuries featuring Duccio, Sassetta, Pisanello and the Lorenzetti brothers. 2: a) 15th-century artists and...

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  3. Mantegna: The Triumph of Caesar (1973)

    Director
    Dudley Shaw Ashton
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £50.00

    An account partly descriptive, partly historical account of the eight extant canvases of The Triumph of Caesar which Andrea Mantegna was commissioned to paint in 1484 by Ludovico II, Marquis of Mantua.

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  4. 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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  5. Rossellini’s History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment: Blaise Pascal, The Age of the Medici, Cartesius (2009)

    Director
    Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)
    Subject
    French studies; History; Italian studies; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 546 minutes), $59.95

    "In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...

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  6. Rinuccini Chapel, Santa Croce, The, (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (25 minutes), £34.99

    Examines this rare example of a 14th-century funerary chapel which still retains its original components. Sited in the sacristy of Florence’s great Franciscan church, the frescoes, the panelled altarpiece,...

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  7. 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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  8. Masterpieces of the Hermitage (6 Parts) (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 X 30 min., 1996 sale: £29.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A series on the Hermitage and its art treasures, which represent every school of Western art. 1: A walk through the Hermitage, Catherine the Great’s great palace in St Petersburg, looking at architecture...

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  9. Siena Cathedral (1994)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 48 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Investigates the unusual history of Siena Cathedral’s construction from the early 13th to the end of the 14th century. The unusual and detailed history of its construction dramatically portrays Siena’s...

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  10. Spanish Chapel, The (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The chapter house of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, now known as the Spanish Chapel, contains an extraordinary fresco cycle by Andrea Bonaiuti. Dr Joanna Cannon explains some of the complex theological...

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