017 Archaic Art and Architecture

In this episode, we discuss the first three years of the Korinthian War from 395-393 BC, including the Persian-backed formation of the Quadruple Alliance of Thebes, Korinth, Argos, and Athens against Spartan expansionism; the Theban victory at the Battle of Haliartos, resulting i ...  Show more

In this episode, we discuss Spartan imperial policy at home and abroad in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War from 404-396 BC, including the overreaching imperial ambitions of Lysandros and his political downfall; Sparta's retribution and influence operations in the Peloponnes ...  Show more

In this classic episode, we finish revisiting our 2017 tour of the best sights of the ancient world when we get deep into the history of a lighthouse that stood for 1200 years, an unsettling statue of Zeus, the world’s first mausoleum, and Chuck’s favorite, the Colossus of Rhodes ...  Show more

In this episode of Metropolitan Masterpieces, I'm discussing a fascinating, Cycladic figure from Ancient Greece!

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We're giving you even more Etruscan art. Corrie and Nat talk Etruscan temples, terra-cotta and Tarquinius Superbus "the Arrogant." Come to New York w us! https://www.likemindstravel.com/nyc-with-the-art-history-babes/ AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check ...  Show more

It's no secret that the Wonders of the Ancient World were pretty... wonderful -- yet also pretty mischaracterized. In today's episode, Ben, Noel, and Super Producer Max explore the phenonemal Temple of Artemis, which was built not once, not twice, but three separate times before ...  Show more