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  1. Renaissance Florence: The Art of the 1470s (1999 Video)

    Director
    Carol Hambledon; Marcus Latham
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

    Examines the decade beginning around 1470, when the city of Florence became the artistic capital of Europe with outstanding works being produced in a variety of media. Evokes the atmosphere of Florence at...

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  2. Florence - The Restoration of Books (1968)

    Director
    Roger Hill
    Subject
    Librarianship
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £25.00

    An account of the techniques used in the restoration of early books which were damaged by muddy water, oil and chemicals during the Florence floods of November 1966. Shows research being undertaken in...

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  3. Making and Meaning: The Young Michelangelo: Sculpture and Painting in Florence and Rome (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Looks at influences on the youthful Michelangelo, showing works by Donatello, Verrocchio and Bertoldo. Also analyses the changes in Michelangelo’s art brought about by his first visit to Rome in 1496....

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  4. Politicised Space: Florence and Milan (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Discusses the way different political regimes require different uses for the city and its buildings. In three parts: 1) Republican Florence: looks at civic humanism and patrician power in 15th-centurey...

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  5. Was Anybody There? (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Jenny Bardwell
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the Victorial fascination with spiritualism through the story of a young medium, Florence Cook, who produced a ‘spirit’ at seances called ‘Katie King’. Physicist and chemist William Crookes,...

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  6. Riddle of the Dome, The (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows Florentine architect Massimo Ricci as he attempts to unravel the secret construction methods used by Filippo Brunelleschi in building the dome of Florence cathedral. He has built a house-sized...

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  7. 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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  8. A354 Videocassette 1 (1993 Video)

    aka: Survey of Three Cities, A

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 89 min., 2001 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A paginated stop-start video presenting a visual analysis of the topography, architecture and urban development of Siena, Florence and Padua in the 14th century by systematically following the same chaptered...

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  9. Impact of Humanism in the Visual Arts, The (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

    Examines the influence of humanism in painting, sculpture and architecture. In 9 sections: 1) Signs of Change: compares the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli in the chapel of the Medici Palace, Florence, with...

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  10. Way Down East (1920 Video)

    Director
    D.W. Griffith
    Producer
    D.W. Griffith
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD

    Epic story of a poor country girl sent to live with wealthy relations, seduced by a young landowner and flees across a frozen river.

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