The light of experience

Duration: 0:53:00

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Educational Television: Distributor | Time-Life Films: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Focuses on 17th century Holland, where the Dutch were the first to reflect the revolutionary change in thought that replaced divine authority with experience, experiment, and observation. Examines the art of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer; the philosophy of Descartes; Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical exposition of laws governing the universe; and the scientific discoveries and implications for the age to come.

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