Baroque. Part 3
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Part Three of Understanding Art: Baroque explores English art. Waldemar Januszczak examines the Queen's House in Greenwich, London, works from William Dobson and Van Dyck, and the boom of Baroque architecture, led by Christopher Wren, after the Great Fire of London. He visits the beautiful Blenheim Palace in the English countryside,explores the spooky influence of Hawksmoor, and visit the iconic St. Paul's Cathedral.
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59 min 51 sec
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