Rick Steves' Europe
Season 12 Episode 6 - Art of the High Middle Ages
As Europe passed AD 1000, its growing prosperity was reflected in soaring Gothic cathedrals graced with colorful altarpieces, lacy stonework, and radiant stained glass. We visit luxurious castles to see exquisite tapestries showing a new secular love of worldly pleasures and, end in Italy, where pioneering artists like Giotto were mastering realism and pointing the way to the future of art.
Episodes in Season 12
Art of Prehistoric Europe
26 min
Art of Ancient Greece
26 min
Ancient Roman Art
26 min
Art of the Roman Empire
26 min
Art of the Early Middle Ages
26 min
Art of the High Middle Ages
26 min
Art of the Florentine Renaissance
26 min
Art of the Renaissance Beyond Florence
26 min
Baroque Art
26 min
Art of the Neoclassical and Romantic Ages
26 min
Art of the Impressionists and Beyond
26 min
Art of the 20th Century
26 min