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  1. What was Modernism? (1991 Video)

    Producer
    G D Jayalakshmi
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores the concept of modernism in relation to T S Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’ and Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’. Looks first at poetry and then the same areas in the novel. The language of...

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  2. The Sounds of Early Cinema in Britain

    Date
    24 Feb 2011, 17:28
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    Post

    The Sounds of Early Cinema in Britain: Performance, Realisation and Reception 7-8 April 2011 Institute of Musical Research (IMR) and the Barbican Centre, London Speakers include: Professor Rick Altman...

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  3. Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism (2016)

    Subject
    Architecture

    Jonathan Meades investigates the architecture of Mussolini’s Italy. He finds a dictator caught between the forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome.

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  4. Archaeology of the Rietveld SchrÖder House, The (1988 Film)

    Director
    Ike Bertels
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the architectural value of the house built by architect Gerrit Rietvald, commissioned by a Mrs Schröder-Schr‰der in Utrecht in 1924. The result of their cooperation is considered to be a monument...

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  5. Mathematics and Culture (2015)

    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Mathematics

    Judith Grabiner describes how the 19th century saw radical change, producing new ideas of space, destroying the unchallenging authority of mathematics, revolutionising art, making relativity possible and...

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  6. Decline of British Fiction, The

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Patrica Waugh and Jennifer Hodgson discuss their motivations for writing their article ‘On the Exaggerated Reports of a Decline in British Fiction,' published in The White Review arts journal. In this...

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  7. Jasper Johns: Catenery (Jacob’s Ladder)/Smithson and Serra: Beyond Modernism? (2005)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM, 60 minutes), £34.00 (CM)

    Two programmes combined on one tape/disc. JASPER JOHNS - Professor Fred Orton looks at ‘Flag’ (1954-1955), the object that established Jasper Johns as one of the most important contemporary artists,...

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  8. Barcelona (1992)

    Director
    Gerry Troyna
    Producer
    Rebecca Dobbs
    Subject
    Architecture; Art; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £50.00

    Inspired by George Orwell’s "A Homage to Catalonia", Robert Hughes first visited Barcelona in 1968. Twenty-four years later, as the city prepares itself to host the 1992 Olympic Games, Hughes returns to...

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  9. English, Whose English? (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates some of the ways in which images of England were developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as a means of justifying and maintaining imperialism in the face of increasing doubt and...

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  10. Gray Matters: Architect and Designer Eileen Gray (2014)

    Director
    Marco Orsini
    Subject
    Architecture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 76 minutes), $18.71

    Documentary exploring the life of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design and architecture. Making a reputation with...

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