
Rococo art is often dismissed as frivolous. But Waldemar Januszczak disagrees and in this three-part series he tries to bring Rococo art closer to us, and argues that the Rococo was the age in which the modern world was born.
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Air Date: 2014-01-21
This first episode is about travel in the 18th century and how it impacted greatly on some of the most famous art eve...
Air Date: 2014-01-28
Waldemar looks at the pursuit of pleasure in the Rococo age, to which a huge amount of cultural energy was devoted.
Air Date: 2014-02-04
The last episode focuses on the Rococo's descent into madness. The 18th century is seen as the era of frivolity and e...