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  1. Florence. Part 1 (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines the complex relationship between medieval and Renaissance Florence. Looks at a number of medieval buildings in Florence, including the Palazzo Vecchio, the Baptistery and San Miniato, and shows how...

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  2. Palazzo Pubblico, Siena (1993)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Analyses the function and design of the Palazzo Pubblico, or city hall, built to honour and beautify the independent city-state. The celebrated frescos by Simone Martini and Ambrogio Lorenzetti provide an...

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  3. Renaissance Court Architecture in England and Scotland (2 Parts) (2001)

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes total), £85.00

    The two sections look at the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey and Renaissance architecture in the Scottish court.

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  4. Renaissance Cracow (2001)

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £85.00

    At the beginning of the 16th Century, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were together the largest territorial power in Europe and were ruled by the Jagiellonian monarchy. Cracow, at the...

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  5. Two ‘Condottieri’ Courts: Mantua and Urbino (2001)

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £85.00

    Architecture and visual display were used by Renaissance princes across Europe to express their power, virtue, wealth and civilisation. In Mantua, the Gonzaga family grew wealthy by hiring themselves as...

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  6. Pienza: A Renaissance City (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    When Cardinal Eneas Silvio Piccolomini became Pope Pius II, he rebuilt his small home town of Corsignano near Siena, into an ideal Renaissance city renamed Pienza. Today, the city is unchanged in scope or...

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  7. Orsanmichele (1994)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 49 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Through a miraculous image of the Madonna, Florence’s grain market and granary became one of the most important and wealthy shrines in the city. Converted into an oratory, it was embellished with a superb...

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  8. Florence. Part 2 (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines a city block in the centre of Florence, which consists principally of domestic buildings, dominated by the Palace of the Guelf Party (14th-16th century). These include a medieval tower-house, the...

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  9. Spanish Court and the Italian Renaissance, The (2001)

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL), £85.00

    During the time when Christians, Jews and Muslims co-existed in Spain, there was a sharing of customs and ideas which is clearly seen in Seville today. The Alhambra in Granada testifies to the cultural...

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  10. Baptistry, Padua, The (1995)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £34.99

    An exploration of the complex decorative scheme painted by Giusto de Menabuoi, which fills the interior of the public baptistry which was commandeered to become a family funerary chapel by Fina Buzzacarina,...

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