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The Baroque Period

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.

This program examines:

• Caravaggio’s The Young 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 Velázquez’ Las Meninas (1656), from the Museo del Prado, Madrid

• Jacob van Ruisdael’s The Large Forest (circa 1655-60), from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

(60 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10355
Copyright date: ©1994
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-0164-8

Part of the Series : Masterworks of Western Art


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