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Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Renaissance Beyond Florence

Season 12 Episode 1208 | 28m 42s

From Italy, the Renaissance spread across Europe, revolutionizing art. We travel to Spain and Portugal where overseas plunder is transformed into lacy architecture and ethereal paintings by El Greco. In bustling Germany and Belgium, new technologies enable Durer’s mass-produced engravings, Van Eyck’s meticulous oil paintings, Brueghel’s peasants at play, and the futuristic visions of Bosch.

Aired: 09/30/23 | Expires: 09/30/28
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Extras
Join Rick Steves for a "best of Poland" special featuring Kraków, Warsaw, Gdańsk and more.
Join Rick Steves and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on a spectacular musical journey through Europe.
What began as tagging and street graffiti has evolved into a new art form.
With Europe as our classroom, Rick shares the essential skills for smart, smooth travel.
The art of Communism diligently promoted the heroic symbols of the state as propaganda.
With the large Cubist-inspired painting, Picasso put a human face on “collateral damage.”
With heavy outlines and brilliant colors, Chagall celebrated nature and its creator.
Surrealists explored the subconscious painting everyday images in jarring juxtapositions.
Expressionism captured emotions, trauma, and cynicism with distorted and garish works.
Picasso invented Cubism, captured the horror of warfare, and found freedom in abstraction.