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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 315115428 bytes |
Summary |
The final episode travels back in time to Venice. In 1284, 23-year-old German artist Albrecht Duerer leaves his home in Nuremberg, primarily to escape the plague, but also to develop his artistic talent in Venice. He meets German publisher Anton Kolb, who is having a detailed aerial panorama made of Venice using the principles of perspective drawing, a radically new idea at the time. This was a period when Venice was a powerful trading nation, with its own shipbuilding industry and arsenal. Venice was able to combat the Black Death by quarantining new arrivals on the island of Lazarette Vecchio. One tenth of the city's residents were prostitutes, who were tolerated because of the money they brought to the city. Luxury fabrics such as brocade and silk were made in Venice and sold to wealthy citizens all over Europe. (From Germany, in English, Italian and German, English subtitles) |
Event |
Broadcast 2010-01-15 at 19:30:00 |
Notes |
Classification: G |
Subject |
Durer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
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Middle Ages -- Social life and customs.
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Painting, German.
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Painting, Medieval -- Themes, motives.
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Shipbuilding industry.
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Italy -- Venice.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Baur, Manfred, director
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Dinsmore, Bruce, cast
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Schuler, Hannes, director
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