"Distributed worldwide by RM Associates." Narrated by Edwin Mullins and James Greene.
Contents:
This program examines: Caravaggio's The Lute Player (circa 1596), from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg --- Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son (circa 1668), from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg --- Peter Paul Rubens' The Garden of Love (circa 1633), from the Museo del Prado, Madrid --- Sir Anthony van Dyck's Samson and Delilah (between 1626 and 1632), from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna --- Diego Velazquez Las Meninas (1656), from the Museo del Prado, Madrid --- Jacob van Ruisdael's The Large Forest (circa 1655-60), from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Masterworks of Western Art Series : [1] Italian renaissance -- [2] Northern renaissance -- [3] Baroque period -- [4] Expressionism -- [5] Impact of cubism -- [6] Dada and surrealism -- [7] Realism in 20th century American painting -- [8] Abstract expressionism and pop: art of the '50s and '60s.
Summary:
The 17th century was a time of religious conflicts, political struggles, and great scientific advances. This upheaval contributed to the Baroque period's relatively unrestrained, overtly emotional, and more energetic style that is reflected, to varying degrees, in paintings from all across Europe.
Series:
Masterworks of Western art ;
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.