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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 compIete programs that are iIlustrated by seIected masterpieces of architecture, scuIpture and painting and are filmed on Iocation throughout Europe.
The Art of The Renaissance
ExempIary masterpieces together with the great artistic personaIities of the era iIlustrate 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. In 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 dispIaying their power. In particular Louis XIV, with his palace and garden of VersailIes.
Rococo Art
The world of salons, sophisticated festivities and the lovely worId of make-believe is refIected in the pictures of Watteau and Boucher. The Huge residentiaI palaces were repIaced by smaIl pIeasure houses, the "maisons de plaisance." Sanssouci, the palace of the Prussian King Frederick II, was constructed not as a pIace to represent, but to think. |
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