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Stone Age to Ancient Greece

Season 1 Episode 101 | 58m 01s

As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came prehistoric art: mysterious tombs, mighty megaliths, and vivid cave paintings. Then the Egyptians and the Greeks laid the foundations of Western art—creating a world of magical gods, massive pyramids, sun-splashed temples, and ever-more-lifelike statues.

Aired: 09/30/22 | Expires: 09/30/27
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture—and awe-inspiring art.
Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages after Rome fell and rebounded Around A.D. 1000.
Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome.
Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso, and Dalí express the complexity of our modern world.
The art of "divine" kings and popes tells the story of a Europe in transition.
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The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture—and awe-inspiring art.
Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages after Rome fell and rebounded Around A.D. 1000.
Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome.
Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso, and Dalí express the complexity of our modern world.
The art of "divine" kings and popes tells the story of a Europe in transition.