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  1. About Face (1994 Video)

    Director
    Mark James
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the evolution of the self-portrait artist from being the invisible figure behind the canvas to the actual subject of the painting. Makes unexpected connections between old and new, describes some...

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  2. History of Art, The (6 Parts) (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, 6 videocassettes. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p) each 2000 sale: £149.95 (inclusive) set

    A series chronicling the development and history of art from medieval times to the 20th-century, with analysis and interpretation by Chris Muir and Dr George Speake. 1: The flourishing of secular art under...

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  3. Great Artists with Tim Marlow: Vol. 1 (2007)

    Director
    Ali Ray; Mehreen Saigol
    Producer
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 322 minutes), £40.00

    What was it like to be an artist in centuries past? What makes a painting or an artist ‘great’? Tim Marlow presents an introduction to the works of the Old Masters as displayed in over fifty museums,...

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  4. George Frederick Watts (2005)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £17.99

    At his death in 1904, George Frederic Watts was the most celebrated artist in Britain. An acclaimed portraitist, a distinguished history painter, the creator of powerful, massive sculptures, and a mystical,...

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  5. Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

    Subject
    History; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

    Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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  6. Hamlet (1992 Television)

    Director
    Jotaarkka Pennanen
    Producer
    Terttu Talonen

    Finnish television adaptation of Hamlet with Heikki Kinnunen in the title role. The entry on the International Movie Database notes that the play is ‘set partly in spectacular natural caves and partly in...

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  7. Otello (2002 Multimedia, Television, Video)

    aka: Othello

    Director
    Carmelo Bene

    Made-for-television avant garde version of Othello directed by Carmelo Bene.

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  8. What is Beauty? (2012)

    Director
    Neil Crombie
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £9.99

    Artist and writer Matthew Collings presents an exploration of the subject of beauty in art, as he wonders if beauty is only in the eye of the beholder, or if there is something more universal we can say...

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  9. Simon Schama’s Power of Art (2006)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £49.99

    Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction and spectacular photography, Simon Schama’s series transports the viewer back to the intense moments when eight iconic works of art were conceived and born....

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  10. La Tempesta - Shakespeare in Quarantena (2020 Video)

    aka: The Tempest - Shakespeare in Quarantine

    Director
    Mark Di Giuseppe; Emanuela Ambrosino

    Imaginative Italian adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which is turned into an allegory for the Covid-19 lockdown. It is performed by 22 street performers, mostly from Naples, in their own...

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