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Peter Ackroyd’s Venice (2013)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £19.99

Historian and novelist Peter Ackroyd embarks on a tour of Venice based on his book ‘Pure Venice’, Ackroyd. The four-part series features chapters on The City as Architecture; The City as Art; The City as...

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Future-proof AV content for education and research

Date

7 Oct 2014, 09:32

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

AV digital preservation workshop for archives in higher education 6-7 November 2014 IUAV University of Venice & RAI, Venice, Italy www.prestocentre.org/ Organised by the Department of Digital...

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Venice Through Canaletto’s Eyes (1998 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

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

Explores how Canaletto produced his archetypal views of Venice. Filmed on location, the video takes the viewer on a trip along the Grand Canal from S Simeone Piccolo to Piazza San Marco, looking at Venice as...

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Francesco’s Venice (2006)

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £19.99

Documentary series telling the story of the birth of Venice. How a city of palaces, gold and jewels, art and treasures arose out of the swamp of a malaria-ridden lagoon. Presented by Francesco da Mosto.

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Venice & Antwerp 2: Forms of Religion (1990 Video)

Producer

Nick Levinson

Subject

Architecture; Religious studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

Shot on location in Venice and Antwerp, the programme compares the social impact of religion in the 16th century. Religion dominated many aspects of life now cared for by social services. Despite Catholic...

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Church and Mosque: Religious Architecture in Venice and Istanbul (1999 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the works of architects Palladio and Sinan. Contemporaries living in rival cities, the two are often credited as the fathers of two very different types of architecture - Western and Islamic. Looks...

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Venice: A Second-Hand City? (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

In 1611, Thomas Coryat published ‘Observations of Venice’, a travel guide which referred to the city as ‘the most glorious and heavenly view upon the water that ever any mortal eye beheld’. This view...

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Turner and Venice (2003)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £17.99

Venice is the subject that dominates the later paintings and watercolours of J.M.W Turner. Filmed in Italy and London, and produced alongside Tate’s major 2003-4 exhibition, this film explores all aspects...

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Venice & Antwerp 1: The Cities Compared (1990 Video)

Producer

Nick Levinson

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

Between 1496 and 1538 a major change of attitude towards public building and spaces took place in Venice and development took place around the Piazza San Marco and the Rialto. This contrasts with Antwerp...

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World of the Painter: Paolo Veronese (1990 Video)

aka: Paolo Veronese: Between Art and Inquisition

Director

Wolfgang Leibenwein; Renate Liebenwein

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £14.95

A study of Paolo Veronese’s works, life and times, filmed in Venice. Footage of Venice and works by Veronese’s contemporaries combine with a historical-biographical narrative to establish Veronese’s...

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