Winter Garden, The

Alternative title: Secret of the Winter Garden
Synopsis: Follows art historian Claudia Swan to Krakow and Leiden on a quest to connect Renaissance art and science. The discovery of nearly 2000 Renaissance watercolours in a Polish library triggers a journey into nature, medicine and voyages of discovery to encounter a web of ideas that fundamentally changed Europe’s view of science and the world.
Series: Renaissance Secrets, Course Xa001
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.
Year of production: 1999
Availability: Off-air recording
Sale; 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 14/12/99 as SECRET OF THE WINTER GARDEN.
Subjects: Art
Keywords: paintings; Poland; Renaissance art

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Cast

Claudia Swan

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