Art of the Western world [DVD] / Annenberg Media ; series producers, Tony Cash, Andrew Snell ; series developed by Perry Miller Adato ; a production of WNET/Thirteen.
Host, Michael Wood. Previously broadcast on PBS in 1989. Special features: include artist biographies and Michael Wood biography.
Contents:
Disc 1. The Classical ideal / produced, directed and written by Geoff Dunlop, Bayley Silleck -- A white garment of churches : Romanesque and Gothic art / produced, directed and written by Perry Miller Adato -- The Early Renaissance / produced, directed and written by Mick Gold. Disc 2. The High Renaissance / produced, directed and written by Geoff Dunlop -- Realms of light : the Baroque / produced, written by Eugene Marner, Carole Lucia Satrina ; directed by Eugene Marner -- An age of reason, an age of passion / produced, directed by Teri Wehn-Damisch. Disc 3. A fresh view : Impressionism and Post-Impressionism / produced, directed and written by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies -- Into the 20th century / produced, directed by Ian Potts -- In our own time / produced, directed by Suzanne Bauman ; written by Suzanne Bauman, Robert Seidman.
Summary:
Historian Michael Wood leads a nine-part tour through 2,500 years of Western painting, sculpture, and architecture, filmed at over 150 locations in eight countries and featuring commentary by historians and scholars.
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.