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J. Paul Getty Museum: Manuscripts
A video discussion of Illuminated Manuscripts created during the Renaissance Period.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Paintings
A video discussion of portrait paintings from various artists in early art history.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Making Manuscripts
This video describes the process of creating an illuminated manuscript produced in the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Segment topics cover preparing a parchment paper, writing, illuminating, and binding.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: The Medieval Calendar
An very interesting video (RealAudio) on the calendar used by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. The video overs days, months, religious holidays and more.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Paris: Life and Luxury: French Mechanical Table
Highly decorative and cleverly designed table, which mechanically transforms into a desk at the turn of a key, epitomizes the richness of eighteenth-century French style before the French Revolution. [2:39]