The age of splendour ; Reason and enlightenment
By: written by David Manson ; producer, Lara Lowe ; Cromwell Productions
Contributors: Ambrose Video Publishing
Series: History of Western art -- v. 3-4; History of Western art (Ambrose Video Publishing : DVD videodiscs); ART 100 (NU course)
Publisher: Ambrose Video Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Baroque Art; Modern Art; History; Rococo Art
Other titles: Age of splendour; Reason and enlightenment
Description: The age of splendour focuses on the Baroque era with works from Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio, and Bernini coupled with spectacular new limits of realism and expression that fostered such art as Las Meninas, Marriage a la mode, The conversion of St. Paul, and The lion hunt.

Reason and enlightenment focuses on the Rococo era with an emphasis on pastoral themes and strong classical influence that emerged in the work of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Chardin, and David. Works studied include The blue boy, The rakes progress, and Saying grace.
Notes: Originally produced in 1999.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.