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Rome Under the Popes: Church and Empire (1990 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Archaeology; Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The medieval walled area of Rome associated with the popes, including the Vatican and Castel San Angelo, were developed in the 16th century by successive popes to be more than church and fortress. Great...

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Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer

Date

13 Mar 2013, 09:16

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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Luke McKernan, Film Historian and Curator of Moving Image at the British Library, has relaunched his website devoted to the life and work of Charles Urban (1867-1942), one of the major figures of early...

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Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-fiction Film

Date

5 Nov 2013, 08:56

Author

Sergio Angelini

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25 November 2013 18.45-20.15 Conference Centre, British Library Price: £4 / £3 concessions Book ticketes here Charles Urban is one of the most important figures in early British and America...

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2014 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards

Date

1 May 2014, 09:37

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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Last night the winners of this years 2014 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards were announced at the Sony World Photography Awards. The top 10 books in each category are on exhibit in the Sony World Photography...

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Latest reviews published at Viewfinder Online

Date

25 Feb 2014, 08:52

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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Some of the latest book and DVD reviews over at Viewfinder Online include: The Riddles of the Sphinx Dr Patti Gaal-Holmes reviews this new BFI release of the seminal avant-garde film by Laura Mulvey and...

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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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Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925

Date

2 May 2014, 10:32

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925 by Luke McKernan (University of Exeter Press, 2013),  256 pages, ISBN: 978-0859898829 (hardback) £60 About the reviewer:...

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Great Expectations: A Visual Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture (2007)

Director

Jesper Wachtmeister

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), £120.00 [University rate]

This film takes the viewer on a journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. The film covers the most...

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Space on Earth, Series (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 25 min.

The six programmes survey aspects of modern architecture and show many of the most striking and controversial buildings of the 20th century. 1: Looks at the reasons for public dissatisfaction with modern...

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British Empire in Colour, The (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

The rise and fall of the British Empire shown through recently discovered colour footage. Originally broadcast as a 3-part television series.

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