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Talking Stone: Rock Art of the Cosos (2014)

Director

Paul Goldsmith

Subject

Archaeology; Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 53 minutes), $219.00 [Institutional rate]; $19.95 [Home use]

Hidden away in the canyons of a top-secret military base on the edge of the Mojave Desert is the largest concentration of rock art in North America. Created over thousands of years by a now vanished culture,...

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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

Date

5 Dec 2013, 15:23

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

Post

For the week ending 22 November 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service were: 1. SEVEN AGES OF ROCK (BBC4) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For...

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Rock Art Treasures (1970 Film)

Subject

Archaeology; Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Recent research claims that man originated in southern and central Africa, not the Middle East. This film records the early history of the strange and primitive people there - the nomadic Bushmen, whose...

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Visual Culture of ‘Glam’ Rock: Fashion, Music, Media (1999 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 30 slides., 2000 sale: £38.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

An introduction to the visual culture of ‘glam’ rock, looking at the historical background to the development of the style and its relationship with other subcultures. Examines clothing, make-up, hair...

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Ajanta Caves - The History and the Mystery (2010)

Subject

Archaeology; Art; History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $19.99

The Buddhist Caves of Ajanta, located in Maharashtra, India, were built between 200BC to 600AD almost 300 years after the death of The Buddha. Listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the caves and their...

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Lascaux: Cradle of Man’s Art (1949 Film)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Depicts drawings believed to have been made by Cro-Magnon men some 20,000 years ago, found on walls of caves near the river Vézéré in France.

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Islamic Art at the V&A (2006)

aka: Making of the Jameel Gallery, The Introduction to Islamic Art, An

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 2 x 50 minutes), £21.99

Two films on Islamic art released to coincide with the opening of the Jameel Gallery at the V&A in July 2006 - the first redesign of the space in 50 years and a three year project. The V&A has one of the...

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Art of Faith (2008)

Subject

Architecture; Art; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

This series of three hour-long films exploring the architecture and art of Judaism, Christianity and Islam visits many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings of the world. Filmed in high...

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Temples of Malta, The (1970 Film)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

From 3000-2000 B.C. the peoples of the small islands of Malta and Gozo in the central Mediterranean built some remarkable megalithic temples of unique design. These little-known temples, together with...

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Heritage of India: Buddhism in Andhra Pradesh (5 Parts) (1994 Video)

Subject

Religious studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20, 24, 20, 18, 16 min.

Series using archaeological and historical source materials to present in a drama-documentary format a thematic exposition of social, economic, cultural and political aspects of Buddhism, focusing on the...

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