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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Palazzo Pubblico, Siena (1993)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Analyses the function and design of the Palazzo Pubblico, or city hall, built to honour and beautify the independent city-state. The celebrated frescos by Simone Martini and Ambrogio Lorenzetti provide an...

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  5. Rinuccini Chapel, Santa Croce, The, (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (25 minutes), £34.99

    Examines this rare example of a 14th-century funerary chapel which still retains its original components. Sited in the sacristy of Florence’s great Franciscan church, the frescoes, the panelled altarpiece,...

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  6. Panel Painting (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at certain 15th-century panel paintings in the National Gallery, London, identifying them as three-dimensional objects rather than two-dimensional images, and examining how and why they were made. In...

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