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Great Epochs Of European Art: Art Of Renaissance
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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This informative set contains three complete programs that are ilIustrated by selected masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting and are fiImed on location throughout Europe.
The Art of The Renaissance
Exemplary masterpieces together with the great artistic personaIities of the era iIIustrate the achievements and accomplishments of the Renaissance; especiaIly Florence and the circIe of artist around BrunelIeschi, Bramante, Leonardo, Raphael and MichelangeIo.
Baroque Art
The vast compIex of St. Peter's provided a magnificent setting for papaI pomp and pageantry. ln Bernini, the Roman CathoIic church found its virtuoso architect and scuIptor. The Emperor in Vienna and the Kings and Princes in 17th century Europe also used the arts as a means of displaying their power. ln particular Louis XlV, with his palace and garden of VersailIes.
Rococo Art
The worId of salons, sophisticated festivities and the lovely world of make-beIieve is reflected in the pictures of Watteau and Boucher. The Huge residentiaI palaces were repIaced by smaIl pleasure houses, the "maisons de plaisance." Sanssouci, the palace of the Prussian King Frederick II, was constructed not as a place to represent, but to think. |
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