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  1. Age of Van Eyck, The (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Introduces the paintings of Hubert van Eyck and shows how they reflect the influence of Renaissance humanism which swept through European painting.

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  2. Giotto: The Arena Chapel (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Giotto’s fresco decorative scheme for the Arena Chapel in Padua is considered to be one of the cornerstones of western art. Professor Charles Harrison investigates this commission by Enrico Scrovegni and...

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  3. Baptistry, Padua, The (1995)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £34.99

    An exploration of the complex decorative scheme painted by Giusto de Menabuoi, which fills the interior of the public baptistry which was commandeered to become a family funerary chapel by Fina Buzzacarina,...

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  4. Early Dance: Part 1: From the Greeks to the Renaissance (1995)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 22 minutes), £29.99

    Isa Partsch-Bergsohn and Hal Bergsohn present the concise history of Greek to Elizabethan dance using engravings, prints, and paintings with accompanying music and narration. Period-costumed dancers...

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  5. A354 Videocassette 2 (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2001 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Support video for course A354. In two parts: 1) three comparisons of sculpture, painting and architecture; 2) a case study of the funerary chapel Oratorio di San Giorgio, with a step-by-step guide showing...

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  6. Making and Meaning: The Young Michelangelo: Sculpture and Painting in Florence and Rome (1994 Video)

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

    Looks at influences on the youthful Michelangelo, showing works by Donatello, Verrocchio and Bertoldo. Also analyses the changes in Michelangelo’s art brought about by his first visit to Rome in 1496....

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  7. Siena Cathedral (1994)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 48 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Investigates the unusual history of Siena Cathedral’s construction from the early 13th to the end of the 14th century. The unusual and detailed history of its construction dramatically portrays Siena’s...

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  8. Orsanmichele (1994)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 49 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Through a miraculous image of the Madonna, Florence’s grain market and granary became one of the most important and wealthy shrines in the city. Converted into an oratory, it was embellished with a superb...

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  9. Concealed Fancies, The (1645) (1994)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC SECAM, 100 minutes), £25.00

    A recording of what was probably the world premiere production of ‘The Concealed Fancies’ (1645), a comedy written by two aristocratic noblewomen, the sisters Lady Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley,...

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  10. 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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