Rick Steves' Art of Europe

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As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art.

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.

The art of "divine" kings and popes tells the story of a Europe in transition.

Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso, and Dalí express the complexity of our modern world.