Old Masters Video (DVD)

When thinking of the old art masters the names of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Rembrandt comes to mind. This twenty-nine minute long DVD shows all of these artists and their techniques as well as other Baroque and Renaissance period artists like: Poussin, Velasquez, Rubens, and van Dyck. This video shows well known pieces of art by these talented old masters and explains how they were traditionally trained, used sfumato, and used tempera and oil for painting. Art students, painters in the making, and current painters who want to be inspired by the masters of the Baroque and Renaissance art periods will appreciate the helpful information in this DVD. Art history classes and art classes studying the time period of the masters will also be able to utilize this video as additional information and give greater understanding to students about the old masters of art. (1999)