Art Bites 123: The Fall of Rome
About the Episode
Rome declined for centuries after its peak and art tells the story. Emperors — some good and many bad — left monuments to both their greatness (like Marcus Aurelius on a horse) and their corruption (like Commodus dressed as Hercules and ready to go “clubbing”).
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Extras
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Art Bites 189: Pablo Picasso: Cubism, "Guernica," and Much More
Picasso invented Cubism, captured the horror of warfare, and found freedom in abstraction.5:14 -
Art Bites 190: Romanticism and Romantic Era Painting
Epic, melodramatic canvases, images that stir the emotions, and an embrace of nature.2:43 -
Art Bites 188: Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt, with paintings like “The Kiss” captured a simmering hedonism in Vienna.1:35 -
Art Bites 187: Toulouse-Lautrec
Toulouse-Lautrec painted the turn-of-the-century bohemian scene on Paris’ Montmartre Hill.1:46 -
Art Bites 186: Modern Art and the Isms of the 20th Century
20th-century art was a parade of isms: Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism.4:31 -
Art Bites 185: Art Nouveau, Mucha, and Gaudí
Art Nouveau went organic with willowy maidens, melting eaves, and an embrace of nature.5:03 -
Art Bites 184: Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh’s wild brush strokes and vivid colors portrayed the world he felt so intensely.3:01 -
Art Bites 183: The Post-Impressionists: Seurat, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh
Dots, slabs, primitive Tahitian scenes, wild brush strokes, and vivid colors.3:51 -
Art Bites 182: Claude Monet and His Waterlilies
The true subject of Monet’s “Waterlilies” is the changing reflections on the pond.2:10 -
Art Bites 181: Rodin, Impressionism in Sculpting
Auguste Rodin brought Impressionism to stone with iconic statues like “The Thinker.”1:27
