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1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It offers three whirlwind tours of America's architectural treasures: the ten homes, ten parks, and ten towns that changed our country. Explore American houses through the ages, enjoy a lively history of landscape architecture and our most beloved parks, and discover the story of how we have planned our cities over time.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A documentary that focuses on Hampton Court Palace, from its origin through today. It was originally built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favorite of King Henry VIII, in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favor, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it. Today, the palace is open to the public, and a major tourist attraction. Along with St. James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces of the many owned by Henry VIII.
4) Cathedral
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral.
5) Colosseum
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2 videodiscs (346 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Miniseries showcasing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Using empty beer cans, old tires, plastic bottles and other garbage, iconoclastic architect Michael Reynolds, based in New Mexico, has been building ecologically sustainable structures for 35 years. Calling his structures "earthships," Reynolds has had conflicts with government officials over inflexible zoning and housing laws, but his architectural ideas were put to use in the Andaman Islands following the 2005 tsunami.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, soaring effortlessly atop a spiderweb of masonry, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. But how did medieval builders reach such spectacular heights? Consuming the labor of entire towns, sometimes taking a hundred years to build, these architectural marvels were crafted from just hand tools and stone. Many now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse.
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6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 course guidebooks (21 cm).
Language
English
Description
Thirty-six lectures on the visual nature of ancient Rome and how it was able to so successfully communicate its civic and cultural values, or project a knowledge of Roman power, to every corner of the realm. Learn how Rome communicated in visually symbolic ways, gain insight into how similar tools are used today, and hone your ability to see them at work in the visual symbols that are part of government, the military, religion, and just about every...
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The ancestors of today's Maya people thrived in hundreds of cities across Central America. Caracol and Tikal, with over 100,000 inhabitants at their peak, were among the biggest cities anywhere in the world at the time.
11) Building wonders
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1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In Building Wonders, Nova presents three groundbreaking shows that investigate engineering mysteries of the ancient world with the help of dramatic hands-on experiments. Modern architects use medieval tools to examine the Lost City of Petra in the middle of Jordan's desert, the vast Roman Colosseum, and Turkey's 1,500 year-old cathedral dome, Hagia Sophia.
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1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A meditation on the changing nature of cities, while celebrating the influential work of Danish architect Jan Gehl (and others at Gehl Architects) who have long championed a "human-centered" approach to city building.
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1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Centuries ago, they performed miraculously technical brain surgery, built modern irrigation canals, made agricultural discoveries still used by modern man, and were master builders ... the Incas were mysterious people, once ruling half of South America.
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Resource for teachers and administrators which illustrates best practices for creating sustainable schools and integrating environmental education across a variety of curriculum areas. Part I showcases actual projects undertaken by U.S. schools, including effects on student health, attendance, test scores and preparedness for green jobs. Part II is a guide for administrators and school boards to determine how to create eco-friendly buildings, retrofit...
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
17) Antonio Gaudí
Series
Criterion collection volume 425
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2 videodiscs (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
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"Everything comes from the great book of Nature; human attainments are an already printed book." -- Gaudi, end title screen. The Catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor united Neo-Gothic mysticism and grandeur with Art Nouveau lines, combined with a surreal apprehension of the power of nature. Less of a documentary than a tribute, Teshigahara's film becomes a place to get lost, a radically hypnotic travelogue that's completely symbiotic with its...
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1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization : How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids that we take...
19) Grand Central
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. The new Beaux Arts structure on 42nd street housed an underground electric train station that would revolutionize the way people traveled and transform midtown Manhattan. By 1947, over sixty-five million people, the equivalent of forty percent of the population of the United States, had traveled through the station.
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3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In 1120 A.D., the heir to the English throne dies when the royal ship burns at sea. The King calls on his subjects to accept his daughter Maud as ruler until her son comes of age, but the church backs his nephew Stephen. Squire Bartholomew pledges his loyalty to Maud and is thrown in jail, leaving his daughter Aliena and son Richard alone. Maud goes raises an army in France and attacks Stephen. Meanwhile, Tom Builder is destined to construct a cathedral...
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