The garden is an architectural art form as well as a mirror of man's relationship with nature, and as exemplary of the style of an age as its literature or art. This program follows the stages of Western civilization as it explores the various styles of gardens through the ages. (50 minutes, color) Item #BBK3339 VHS Format Purchase: $149.00 Includes public performance rights
Antoni Gaudí was the enfant terrible of
Catalan architecture—a genius whose Gothic inspiration and
daring taste transformed Barcelona from a city evolving layer by
layer and style by style from an ancient past into a dramatic
statement of timeless individuality. Gaudí’s architectural
creations—park benches, buildings, the Cathedral—are
relatively few in number but so powerful that they dominate the
vistas and the mood of the city. Filmmaker Luis Buñuel imbues
this program with the strange, intense, miraculous spirit of
Gaudí as he covers both the scope and the individual detail of
his architectural creations. (30 minutes, color) Item #BBK2252
VHS Format Purchase: $89.95
Thomas Jefferson was the architect not only
of the Declaration of Independence but—in a literal rather
than literary sense—of the University of Virginia and
Monticello. This documentary looks at the places Jefferson
designed and built to examine the originality of his thought and
his astonishing achievements in a state that was then
America’s frontier. (58 minutes, color)Item #BBK4108
VHS Format Purchase: $149.00