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Cathedral
Title
Cathedral [videorecording] / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c1986.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Based on the book by David Macaulay
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 21, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
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Summary
Author David Macaulay hosts Cathedral, based on his award-winning book. 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. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity and intrigue.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2021
Series
The David Macaulay Series
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Gothic Cathedrals (7:33)
Story of a Cathedral (8:02)
Gothic Cathedral Structures (4:16)
Economy of Design (1:50)
Cathedral Construction (6:55)
Growth of European Cities (4:06)
Cathedral Construction: Roof and Vaults (2:47)
Cathedral Disaster (3:25)
Construction Overseer (3:22)
Cathedral Constructions Expenses (1:45)
Completion of Beaulieu Cathedral (6:25)
Cathedrals: Symbols of Faith (4:11)
Credits and Sponsors: David Macaulay: Cathedral (2:09)
Videorecording number
44215s Infobase
44217 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Video recording.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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