Art in the Western World (the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.c.)

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Color: color

Description: Surveys styles of painting and sculpture from the thirteenth to the twentieth century as found in The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Opens with Byzantine and early Italian painting and explains the gradual development of realism during the Renaissance. Shows the work of European masters of later centuries and representative American paintings.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)