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  1. Aztec Double-Headed Serpent, The (2006)

    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

    This film takes as its focus the turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent from the British Museum’s Mexican Gallery, and examines in detail the method of craftsmanship, the tools and materials of its...

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  2. Restoration of a Painting, The (1976 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter H Coltman
    Producer
    Peter H Coltman
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows some of the basic processes used in cleaning and restoring oil paintings on canvas. About the methods of Harry Woolford, who recently retired from the post of chief restorer to the National Galleries...

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  3. Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 (2003)

    aka: Glory of Gothic, The

    Subject
    Architecture; Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

    An introduction to the art of late medieval England and the early years of the Renaissance. This is the age of the Hundred Years’ War, the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudors. Under kings from Henry IV...

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  4. Lewis Chessmen, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

    This 30 minute film looks at the well-known chess pieces, their mysterious discovery, and discusses their place within the history of the ancient game of chess and the feudal society of the time. The DVD...

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  5. Vaux Psalter, The (Cd-Rom) (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Pictures from the Vaux Psalter, held in the Lambeth Place Library (Ms 233), an outstandingly beautiful 14th-century service book.

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  6. 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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  7. Beauty of Anatomy (2014)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 50 minutes), £390.00

    From the Venus of Willendorf, thought to be over 27,000 years old, through to Marc Quinn’s modern self-portraits in blood, the human body has always been one of art’s central themes. This two-part series...

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  8. Leonardo Da Vinci 2 (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Art; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the life and work of Italian artist, sculptor, architect and engineer Leonardo da Vinci. Includes three-dimensional graphics to explain and ‘test’ Leonardo’s theories and designs,...

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  9. William Hodges: The Art of Exploration (2004)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

    The painter William Hodges is increasingly seen as a key figure in eighteenth-century British art and in its relationships with the wider world. In an age of colonial expansion Hodges accompanied Captain...

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  10. Golden Age of the Netherlands, The (2002)

    Director
    Alain Jaubert
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

    A compilation of three 30-minute films from the Palettes series discussing paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer. The paintings studied are: Rubens - The Portraits of Helene Fourment; Rembrandt - Self...

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