The objective is to present the Hystory through Art, passing by Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, The Middle Age, The Renaissance, The Baroque, The Romantism, The Enlightenment, The Pre-Modern Era, … The art of Ancient Greece is one of her greatest gifts to posterity.But when one thinks of Ancient Rome …… her gladiators, her government, or perhaps her armies are the conspicuous mementos. True, the vividly colored murals at Pompeii are spectacular. So are the murals in neighboring towns, also preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD But Pompeii and its neighbors were gay seaside resorts, only provincial cousins of Rome. According to descriptions by Roman historians, the wall paintings in Rome itself far surpassed these from Pompeii. Indeed, it is probably because there is little else that survives to compare with it, that we prize the art of Pompeii and its neighbors so highly. Is this to say, then, that Roman art has little merit, that it is a second-rate rerun of the glorious Greek art which preceded it? The relative merits of Greek and Roman art have been debated by scholars for centuries. Let’s leave the debate to the scholars and turn instead to a more meaningful way in which all art may be judged: that is, as a reflection of the culture that produced it. Just as pop art, like it or not, will give future ages a meaningful image of our society and its values … … so Roman art is an excellent indicator of what mattered to people in Roman times. And just as …
This has to be from the late early to mid 70s. Possible from the late 60s even.
kewl vid
the narrator has a HORRIBLE, grating voice, that and the very odd music spoils it
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I can see my history teacher trying to get the film in the projector to run this here film. Finally she goes across the hall to get another teacher to thread the darn thing! Remember??
Crazy Great Daddy O, Art is Cool all the Hep Cats tell me so man……………
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The background music is archtypical of the Modernist Movement, it had its beginnings in the 1930s, was intrupted by WW2 but which reached a hight of intensity in the Western World from about 1953 to 1965. The so called “Beat Generation” was part of this adventurist time.
2:53 bull that guy looks exactly like me on the left.some people look like that other then me right.
I kind of liked the retro 70′s narration and back ground music. It remind me of some documentary I used to see as a kid back in the 70′s.
@BobbyinPSP1 not just archatecture, rome gave us EVERYTHING…the entire “western society” is based mostly on a copy of rome-greece.
jeez, that documentary is ancient!!
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Oh dear.. turn that so called “Music” off already!
@ludachris475 There were no bad episodes of scooby doo, just sayin
Sounds like the Romans discovered LSD as well…
lol @ scooby doo, that’s so funny man, it does hahahahahaha… just like a cheesy old cartoon. Of course the doo had better music then this lol
The Romans gave us wonderful architecture.
my ears almost exploded
The music is hilarious!
Great video. And the music and narration was excellent. Better than average for sure, with your modern videos with dispassionate voice and background electric guitar music. This is SO MUCH better than that.
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ancient romans came from the city “troy”. etruscans came from the city “lydia”.
the art of spoiling everything
Tripping balls.. this audio is messed up