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  1. Spirit of an Age (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 2001 sale £15.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    Designed to accompany the exhibition ‘Spirit of an age: nineteenth-century paintings from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin’ the video looks at the setting of the Nationalgalerie and examines some of the...

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  2. Sylvia

    Date
    8 Aug 2014, 09:26
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    2007. Opus Arte. DVD (all regions). 117 minutes. £24.99 Also available to rent via Digital Theatre. About the reviewers: Dr Claire Brock is  Lecturer in English, University of Leicester. Dr Brock’s...

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  3. Rediscovery of Ritual, The: Embroidery and Architecture in the Nineteenth Century (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, 46 slides., 2000 sale: £48.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Explores 19th-century ecclesiastical embroidery and its relationship to church architecture. Details of lavish gold work and hand-stitching techniques are seen on hand-embroidered pieces. Includes unique...

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  4. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination (2009)

    Subject
    Geology; Natural history

    Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord,...

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  5. Men of Iron (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    Three-part documentary series chronicling the lives and achievements of a generation of great Victorian engineers. Told through the rivalries of two families, the Stephensons and the Brunels, it also...

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  6. Decline of British Fiction, The

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Patrica Waugh and Jennifer Hodgson discuss their motivations for writing their article ‘On the Exaggerated Reports of a Decline in British Fiction,' published in The White Review arts journal. In this...

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  7. Art of Enamelling: An Historical Background Based on the Lectures of Reginald Hill (2 Parts) (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 27, 17 min.

    Based around the unique slide collection built up over more than 30 years by Reginald Hill. The two videos trace the development of enamelling from its earliest origins to the present day. The emergence and...

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  8. Mansfield Park: Improvement (1983 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Stresses the visual elements and the social historical context of the novel. The theme of ‘improvement’ is illustrated in terms of the then fashionable doctrine of redressing the balance between art and...

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  9. Nation’s Health, The (2004)

    Subject
    Film Studies; History; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £55.00

    The late nineteenth century saw many discoveries and new technologies that transformed clinical medicine. A different kind of invention from this period came to be seen as an essential weapon in the war...

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  10. Battle of Adwa, The (1896) As Depicted in Traditional Ethiopian Art: Changing Historical Perspective (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Pat Wisher
    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    The victory of Emperor Menilek of Ethiopia over the Italians in the Battle of Adwa in 1896 was a major event in the history of Africa. As a result Ethiopia survived the nineteenth century European scramble...

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