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Joan MirÓ: The Ladder of Escape (2012)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 32 minutes), £15.99

This documentary explores the life and work of Catalonian artist Joan Miro, and seeks to understand how the political upheavals of of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorship of Franco...

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Date

12 May 2014, 09:25

Author

Andrew Ormsby

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A Buen Puerto (2010)

Subject

Spanish studies

An advanced-level audio course using a variety of authentic materials from Spain and Latin America to improve language skills and knowledge of Spanish-speaking societies. The course has seven themes that...

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Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ (1993 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

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

Francis Frascina discusses one of Picasso’s best-known works, ‘Guernica’ (1936). How and why did Picasso paint this vast work representing the destruction of the town of Guernica during the Spanish...

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Art of Spain (3 Parts) (2009)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 50 minutes), £195.00 each part or £438.75 the set (BBC Active) £19.99 (retail)

A three-part BBC series showing an insight into Spanish art and culture. Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon goes on the road to reveal the art treasures of Spain. Travelling from the south to the north he...

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GonzÁlez

aka: Julio GonzÁlez

Director

Barrie Gavin

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 61 minutes), £14.95

Traces the background of Spanish sculptor Julio González (1876-1942) in the Catalan metalworking tradition and shows how his innovative use of iron and scrap metal in sculpture profoundly influenced Picasso...

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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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Art21: Art in the 21st Century (2013)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes each), £287.84

Award-winning series of 24 programmes in which 100 contemporary artists explain their creations, their creative processes, and their perceptions of art. The series covers a wide range of contemporary artists...

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Ecology (2013)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 55 minutes), £17.99

ECOLOGY asks how is our understanding of the natural world deeply cultural? What is the impact of human activity and technology on this world? Artists Robert Adams, Mark Dion, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle and...

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Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo (2011)

Producer

Soyoon Lee

Subject

Art

Distribution

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

The film chronicles the five-year research project that explored the origins and mysteries of the Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo at the University of Arizona. Veiled for centuries behind a curtain on the altar...

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