Cataclysm black death visits Tuscany /
Until 1348, people in Sienna and Florence enjoyed the richest, safest, and most comfortable lives in their history. But almost overnight, their certainty of life-and even any hope of a good death-was gone. This program assesses the aftermath of the ferocious damage unleashed by the bubonic plague on...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Redcanoe Productions, Inc. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2006], c2004.
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1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sd., col., digital. |
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First light: Tuscany and the dawn of the Renaissance.
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Until 1348, people in Sienna and Florence enjoyed the richest, safest, and most comfortable lives in their history. But almost overnight, their certainty of life-and even any hope of a good death-was gone. This program assesses the aftermath of the ferocious damage unleashed by the bubonic plague on the two city-states. Historians Alexander Nagel and Nicholas Terpstra, from the University of Toronto, and professional artisans-chief among them, sculptor Marcello del Colle, from Opera del Duomo-comment on how dazzling works of architecture went unfinished, artisans became more intrigued with the divine world than the natural, and how from the ashes a new spiritual inquiry would spring, paving the way for the High Renaissance. |
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Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Jan. 11, 2006. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Thirteenth-Century Florence and Sienna (6:31) -- Black Plague (Black Death) (3:18) -- Catastrophe in Tuscany (3:37) -- Christian Mosaics (3:29) -- Religious Observance of Death (5:01) -- Fanaticism and the Changing View of God (4:12) -- Effects of Black Plague on the Arts (5:38) -- Dawn of the Renaissance: Giotto and Musaccio (4:52) -- Renaissance Tools for Modern Repairs (3:39) -- Renaissance Legacies (3:01) -- Dawn of the Renaissance (2:51) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. Until 1348, people in Sienna and Florence enjoyed the richest, safest, and most comfortable lives in their history. But almost overnight, their certainty of life-and even any hope of a good death-was gone. This program assesses the aftermath of the ferocious damage unleashed by the bubonic plague on the two city-states. Historians Alexander Nagel and Nicholas Terpstra, from the University of Toronto, and professional artisans-chief among them, sculptor Marcello del Colle, from Opera del Duomo-comment on how dazzling works of architecture went unfinished, artisans became more intrigued with the divine world than the natural, and how from the ashes a new spiritual inquiry would spring, paving the way for the High Renaissance. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. Closed-captioned. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sd., col., digital. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |