Art of the Western world
Contributors: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Kultur International Films
Publisher: Kultur [distributor]
Published: 1989
Place of publication: West Long Branch, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording]
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Art; History; Documentary television programs
Other titles: Art of the Western world (Television program)
Description: An introduction to and study of artistic masterpieces from the Western world. Interpretation and commentary by art historians emphasize the significance of each work and its relationship to art movements, art theory and the social environment.
Notes: Kultur: 1383-1386.

Videocassette release of 9 programs from the television series by WNET/New York in association with TV South/Great Britain, ORF/Austria and Television Española, S.A. with major funding from the Annenberg/CPB Project.

Host, Michael Wood.
Table of contents: title: [Vol. 1] 1: The classical ideal. 2: A white garment of churches, Romanesque and Gothic; title: [Vol. 2] 3: The early Renaissance. 4: The high Renaissance. 5: Realms of light, the Baroque; title: [Vol. 3] 6: An age of reason, an age of passion. 7: A fresh view, Impressionism and post-Impressionism; title: [Vol. 4] 8: Into the 20th century. 9: In our own time.; title: adam