Rococo. Part 1 / Channel Four (Great Britain).

In this film, look at the rise and influence of Rococo. From approximately 1700 to 1790, this Rococo era saw the first great age of leisure travel as the wealthy of Europe found pilgrimage in "The Great Tour." Along this tour, artists and architects embarked on a quest to combine reality with whimsy...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand. Understanding art. Rococo.
Corporate Authors:	Channel Four (Great Britain) Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Channel Four (Great Britain), [2010]
Series:	Films on Demand. Understanding art. Rococo.
Subjects:	Arts, Rococo. Social change. Internet videos.
Genre:	Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 0 min., 16 sec.)) : color and sound.
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

More than Frilly (2:53)
Pilgrimage and Art (3:28)
Neumann's Rococo Masterpiece (3:10)
Baroque Gone Mad (3:04)
Rococo in Venice (3:56)
Canaletto's Transformation (2:17)
Truth Becomes Fantasy (2:38)
Rhino Mania (3:07)
Unexpected Animals (3:07)
Fancy Porcelain (3:54)
Porcelain in Europe (2:56)
Oriental Illness (3:30)
Extraordinary Spectacle (2:57)
Largest, Continuous Ceiling Fresco (4:32)
London Behind the Scenes (4:14)
Canaletto at Warwick (3:01)
Church in the Meadow (2:41)
Rococo Illusion (3:28)
Credits: Understanding Art: Rococo-Part 1 (0:23)
Understanding Art: Rococo-Part 1 (segment) (2:45)