A220 Videocassette 1

Synopsis: 6: Three examples - Heriot’s Hospital, Corsham Free School and Sir John Moore’s School - to show can be learned from buildings about education, patronage and life in 17th-century Britain.
Series: Princes and Peoples: France and the British Isles 1620-1714, Course A220
Language: English
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 119 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Architecture; History
Keywords: buildings; domestic architecture; England; France; history of the 17th century; houses; Ireland; palaces; portrait painting; schools; stately homes

Title: Reading a building
Synopsis: 1: Looks at how vernacular buildings in Wales can provide historical evidence about the lives of ordinary people.
Title: Whitehall and the Louvre
Synopsis: 2: Compares the two great places of Charles I and Louis XIII - their design, the courts, and the lifestyle of their regal occupants.
Title: Reading a portrait
Synopsis: 3: Shows how to analyse portraits of the 17th century to learn more about the sitters, their artists and the historical context in which they were painted. Examples include Van Dyck’s painting of the Earl of Strafford, Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby as Prude
Title: Domestic buildings in Ireland and Brittany
Synopsis: 4: Three Irish buildings built before 1630 which still survive today - Dalway’s Bawn, Monea Castle and Coppinger’s Court - with special reference to their stylistic features and attitude to security.
Title: Domestic buildings in Ireland and Brittany
Synopsis: 5: Domestic buildings built after 1630 in Ireland and Brittany.
Title: Interpreting schools
Synopsis: 6: Three examples - Heriot’s Hospital, Corsham Free School and Sir John Moore’s School - to show can be learned from buildings about education, patronage and life in 17th-century Britain.

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