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  1. Abstraction (1984 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette.

    The history of abstract art is usually told in negative terms, as a development away from representation and meaning and away from all the conventions of subject and communication that had served art and its...

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  2. Nude - The Naked Body in Art (2015)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £95

    Throughout history depictions of the naked human body have been totemic, reverential, religious, salacious or immoral, depending on when, where and why they were created. In this documentary contemporary art...

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  3. History of Western Art (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A multimedia survey of the history and development Western art, featuring six main movements: the late medieval world, the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo to revolution, Romanticism, and Impressionism and...

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  4. Art in Revolution (1972 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Introductory courses in history and theory of art; Russian art and architecture.*

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  5. Art, Design and Empire

    Subject
    Art; Design; History

    What could be more British than a nice cup of tea? Fish and Chips? The Union Jack? David Dabydeen discusses the influence of Empire on British art and design.

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  6. Looking at Works of Art: Explorations in Renaissance Painting and Sculpture (1984 Multimedia)

    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette.; 20 slides. col.

    Discusses a series of works which pose fundamental questions about the ways of looking at the visual arts of the Renaissance period. Topics considered include spatial illusion, the multi-figure composition,...

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  7. 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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  8. Nude in Art, The (2010)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 100 minutes), £30.00

    Hosted by art historian, broadcaster and writer Tim Marlow, THE NUDE IN ART explores the depiction and symbolic resonance of the naked body throughout history. The four part series takes an in-depth look at...

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  9. Style, Meaning and Function in Photography 1900-1940 (1984 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette.; 20 slides. col.

    Examines the development of different styles in the history of 20th-century photography in the USA and Europe. Aspirations towards pictorial photography are surveyed as are the kinds of realistic documentary...

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  10. Greenberg on Art Criticism (1993)

    Producer
    G D Jayalakshmi; Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £39.99 (CM)

    Art historian T J Clark interviews Clement Greenberg, well-known art critic, about writing art criticism and opinion on artists. Questions such as what might be the essential qualities that made for great...

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