Teletext Recovery - 01/12/1999

P625 CEEFAX 1 625 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/41  —————————————————————————————   RENAISSANCE   SECRETS  ——————————————————————— 1/5 Renaissance Secrets Tuesdays, 7.30pm, BBC2 There's more to the Renaissance than beautiful pictures and brilliant individuals like Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci. It touched every aspect of European culture between the 14th and 16th centuries, and the story is complex with much still to be learnt. This new series, made for the BBC by the Open University, shows how modern researchers are challenging long-held assumptions and finding new answers to old problems. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Net East Holiday Back-up Index

P625 CEEFAX 1 625 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/08  —————————————————————————————   RENAISSANCE   SECRETS  ——————————————————————— 2/5 Renaissance Secrets - The Mystery of the Marriage Tuesday 30 November, 7.30pm, BBC2 The series begins with an examination of one of the most famous Renaissance paintings - The Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyck, now in the National Gallery in London. There have been various speculations about the painting's meaning down the years, but scientific investigations and unexpected new evidence mean experts like art historian Craig Harbison are beginning to ask if they've got anything right at all. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Net East Holiday Back-up Index

P625 CEEFAX 1 625 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/32  —————————————————————————————   RENAISSANCE   SECRETS  ——————————————————————— 3/5 Renaissance Secrets - Riddle of the Dome Tuesday 7 December, 7.30pm, BBC2 Brunelleschi's dome for Florence Cathedral is one of the landmarks of Renaissance architecture, but experts are still struggling to understand how it was built. Most historians believe the problem is impossible to solve, but one man thinks he has the answer. After 27 years of study and 10 years of intense work building a house-sized replica, Italian architect Massimo Ricci believes he has finally solved the riddle of the dome. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Net East Holiday Back-up Index

P625 CEEFAX 1 625 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/52  —————————————————————————————   RENAISSANCE   SECRETS  ——————————————————————— 4/5 Renaissance Secrets - Secret of the Winter Garden Tuesday 14 December, 7.30pm, BBC2 Two thousand priceless paintings of flowers hidden deep inside a Polish library contain a Renaissance mystery. Just who painted them - and why? The quest to understand took American art historian Claudia Swan from Krakow across Europe to a garden at the University of Leiden to discover how science as well as art was transformed during the Renaissance. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Net East Holiday Back-up Index

P625 CEEFAX 1 625 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/12  —————————————————————————————   RENAISSANCE   SECRETS  ——————————————————————— 5/5 Renaissance Secrets If you would like a free information pack, with a 32-page guide to the Renaissance, details of how to obtain a CD-ROM all about the Arnolfini Portrait, and information about other Open University programmes, then call us on: 0870 900 7788 Or visit the website at: www.Open2.NET BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Net East Holiday Back-up Index

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