Warts 'n' All
- Episode aired Sep 3, 2012
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 ... Read allArt 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 republi... Read allArt 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... Read all