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This programme comprises a detailed analysis of the meaning of the terms renaissance and Reformation.
This programme comprises a detailed analysis of the meaning of the terms renaissance and Reformation.
| Module code and title: | A201, Renaissance and Reformation |
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| Item code: | A201; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 22-01-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:13 |
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| Producer: | Edward Hayward |
| Contributor: | Denys Hay |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Florence; Humanism; Reformation; Renaissance; Vasari |
| Footage description: | Denys Hay first briefly explains the terms Renaissance and Reformation. He then defines the term Renaissance in greater detail. Shots of 16th century drawing of the ruins of Imperial Rome, of portrait of Vasari and of a page of Vasari's manuscript. Shots of Florence. Shots of London. Denys Hay continues his analysis of the term Renaissance. Denys Hay tries to indicate the change in thinking attendant upon the Renaissance by a comparison of architectural styles: shots of London, Oxford, Paris. Shots of pavement artist. Denys Hay continues his exploration of Renaissance outlining the changes in painting and literature. Denys Hay considers the changes in education and the rise of humanism: shots of Eton and Etonians. Shots of the Provost and Fellows Library at Eton College. Shots of books contained in the iibrary while Denys Hay outlines the importance of the growth of printing. Denys Hay discusses the importance of the classical influence on literature and the growth of vernacular literatures. Shots of Westminster Abbey compared with St Pauls in London; shots of the church of St. Peter in Rome. Denys Hay discusses the meaning of Reformation as a concept. Portraits of Martin Luther, Erasmus, Sir Thomas More. Denys Hay links the two concepts together, pointing out how the Reformation arose from the Renaissance. He sketches the history of political development to mid 17th century. Closing shots of Venice in the paintings of Canaletto and others. |
| Master spool number: | 6LT/70457 |
| Production number: | 00521_2301 |
| Videofinder number: | 1769 |
| Available to public: | no |
