Treasures of Ancient Rome
Alastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire in an attempt to refute the claims that Rome didn't produce any art of originality during its
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- Documentary
Alastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire in an attempt to refute the claims that Rome didn't produce any art of originality during its
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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1
Warts 'n' All
Art historian Alistair Sooke sets out to redeem Roman art of its undeserved 'secundary' and imitative reputation. The theory they learned most from the Etruscans is compromised, as the Luoa Capitolina, supposed model of the suckled wolf, proves medieval, not Etruscan. The republic expanded by constant and looted Hellenistic art with great taste, then developed its own, less 'effeminate' style to fit a warrior race, 'verisic' realism with warts and all, a boon for historians. Their techniques and materials like Carrara marble were excellent, as modern artist copies confirm, their hunger for art insatiable and range of subjects almost limitless, as demonstrated in Pompeii. Only when Ocatvian Augustus transformed the republic into a de fact monarchy afloat in luxury, new flattering styles took over, portraying an ever-young idealized Augustus who even posed like a god in his private collection for the inner circle's eyes only.
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