Rococo's Descent Into Madness (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Episode 3

Waldemar Januszczak explores the Rococo's descent into madness. When you spend as much time as the Rococo did having fun and escaping reality, madness soon sets in. The 18th century is seen as the era of frivolity and enjoyment, but in an age of such decadence there was also the brutish satire of...

60 min - Art, Music & Design - Perspective

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