Sister Wendy's story of painting

Sister Wendy Beckett has transformed public appreciation of art through her astonishing knowledge, insight and passion for painting and painters. Two social cataclysms were about to shake art to its foundations, ushering in the groundbreaking work of the Impressionists. In England, the Industrial Revolution brought wealth that gave rise to the portraiture and pastoral paintings of Gainsborough, and Turner's stirring visions of progress. In France, the sensual, ornate style of Rococo art ended with the French Revolution. It paved the way for Manet, whose work and theories scandalized Paris. See how his colors and forms led to Impressionism, shown in the rich hues of Renoir and Monet, the cold eye of Degas and the powerful visions of the troubled genius Van Gogh.