Museum masterpieces : the Louvre / Richard Brettell.
This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the world. The aim of these lectures is to both prepare new viewers for a visit and to be a "study aid" for those who have been and gone before. Critic and historian Richard Brettell begins with an overview of the Louvre's colorful history as royal palace, art academy, and national showcase. The lectures explore some of the most beautiful and renowned examples of European painting, including masterworks by Raphael, Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Watteau, Rubens and Vermeer.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781598032192
- ISBN: 1598032194
- ISBN: 9781598032116
- ISBN: 1598032119
- ISBN: 9781490689708
- ISBN: 1490689702
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook ([2], iv, 102 pages ; 19 cm).
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Consists of 12 lectures; each is 30 minutes. Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timelines, glossary, and biographical notes. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, pages 99-102). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Palace to museum : the story of the Louvre ; Leonardo and the origins of the collection ; Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting ; Spanish school of painting ; Rubens and Flemish painting, early German ; Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Dutch painting. Disc 2. De la Tour, Le Nain, and 17th Century painting ; Claude and Poussin : French painters in Rome ; Watteau and Chardin ; Boucher, Fragonard, and the Rococo in France ; Jacques-Louis David and his school ; Delacroix and Ingres: the great dialectic. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Producer, James Blandford ; director, Jon Leven ; academic content supervisor, Eric Denker ; camera operators, Jim Allen, Alexis Doty. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Professor Richard R. Brettell, University of Texas at Dallas. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
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