Art Bites 133: Super-sized Art and Architecture of Ancient Rome
About the Episode
In ancient Rome, more than the Colosseum was colossal. Grand statues decorated imposing buildings that stoked massive imperial egos. With bricks, concrete, round arches, cheap or free labor, and emperors who loved to build, Rome built very big.
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Extras
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Art Bites 167: Royal Portraits and Velázquez
Painters, such as Velázquez, were paid to make royals look more divine than they were.3:33 -
Art Bites 166: Rembrandt, The Great Dutch Master
Rembrandt earned a living painting and told Bible stories with a subtle mastery of drama.3:51 -
Art Bites 165: Sandro Botticelli
Botticelli painted big colorful celebrations of the Renaissance like a fertile springtime.2:24 -
Art Bites 164: The Medici Family, Patrons of the Florentine Renaissance
The Medici family nurtured and employed the great Florentine Renaissance artists.3:27 -
Art Bites 163: Fra Angelico
A humble monk, Fra Angelico frescoed exquisite sacred scenes for his monastery.2:06 -
Art Bites 162: Early Renaissance Painting: Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Angelico
These painters brought art from medieval two-dimensional to more life-like 3-D.5:26 -
Art Bites 161: Donatello and Early Renaissance Statues
The sculptor Donatello gave his proud statues unprecedented realism and emotion.3:12 -
Art Bites 160: Renaissance Artists: Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello
Florence, home of the Renaissance, was also home to three early artistic heroes.4:58 -
Art Bites 159: The Renaissance Defined
For two centuries, the Renaissance was an explosion of secular learning, art, and culture.3:30 -
Art Bites 158: Hieronymus Bosch and "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
Bosch’s three-paneled masterpiece takes you from earthly delights to a nightmarish Hell.2:07
