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Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 9 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wide ranging examination of Europe and the changes wrought by the Renaissance pays particular attention to the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, but goes well beyond the world of art to highlight political and social changes of the time.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Featuring commentary from historians and the performers themselves, this program traces the roots of the music of the Harlem Renaissance, its social impact on society and its eventual acceptance in mainstream culture.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passion of their celebrated hosts (Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant) to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Guided by experts, art historians, and Florentine citizens, Bill Moyers tours Florence's rich Renaissance legacy, exploring the roots of the common artistic, architectural, and human heritage of modern Western civilization.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (467 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI, propelling him, his two sons Cesare and Juan, and his daughter, Lucrezia, to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (516 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Irons stars in The Borgias, the saga of history's most infamous crime family. Conspiring with his ruthless sons and poisonously seductive daughter, the charismatic Rodrigo Borgia will let nothing and no one stand in the way of his relentless quest for wealth and power. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, intimidation and murder are his weapons of choice in his scandalous ascension to the papacy in Renaissance-era Italy.
Series
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. Lasting roughly from the 1910s through the mid-1930s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance, and art. The Harlem Renaissance gave African Americans a chance to live their...
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (546 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
"In the final phase of his career, Italian master Roberto Rossellini embarked on a dramatic, daunting project: a series of television films about knowledge and history, made in an effort to teach, where contemporary media were failing. Looking at the Western world's major figures and moments, yet focusing on the small details of daily life, Rossellini was determined not to recount history but to relive it, as it might have been, unadorned but full...
Publisher
Getting to Know
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 23 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An animated introduction to the world's most famous Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci: painter, mathematician, scientist, and engineer. Includes footage of his works.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 8 hr., 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After exacting vicious punishment on all those who opposed them, the Borgias are at the apex of their power and influence. With the world around them embroiled in war and turmoil, the original crime family will continue to exploit allies, silence critics, and solidify legacies. But this time, the seemingly unbreakable bonds of blood will be tested, as the house notoriously united against the world becomes divided against itself.
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