Posted on April 22, 2022
Herein lies the story of a country that spawned the empires of Phillip II and Alexander the Great. At one point, Macedonia extended its hegemony over most all the Read More
Posted on April 22, 2022
Writer, poet, painter, designer, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau was a member of an extraordinarily creative group of artists who gathered in Paris in the early 20th century. In this Read More
Posted on April 22, 2022
As the film opens, Marcus Aurelius is the wise and revered emperor of the Roman Empire. When he decides that his heir apparent should be his adopted son Livius, Read More
Posted on April 22, 2022
Volume 4 Into the Twentieth Century Part I Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves, and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstractions. Part II Read More
Posted on April 21, 2022
Volume 3 An Age of Reason, An Age of Passion Part I The playful fantasy and provocative subjects of the Rococo style practiced by Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher gave Read More
Posted on April 21, 2022
Volume 2 The Early Renaissance Part I The rebirth of humanistic ideas marked the Renaissance in Italy, as seen in Florentines Chiberti and Botticelli. Part II Glowing color and Read More
Posted on April 21, 2022
Volume 1 The Classical Ideal – Part I Traces the origins of humanism and the immortal classical style to Ancient Greece. Probes Greek art and architecture and studies the Read More
Posted on April 21, 2022
The thriving Roman town of Herculaneum was submerged by massive torrents of ash and mud during the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The torrents hardened into Read More
Posted on April 20, 2022
Over a hundred years ago, just above the rich plain of Argos on the site of Homer’s “golden Mycenae,” archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann unearthed the massive and fabled Lion Gate, Read More
Posted on April 20, 2022
The rich mosaic of ancient history in Southern Italy was primarily shaped by the interaction of three civilizations: Greek, Italic and Roman. Paestum has preserved the most remarkable images Read More
