Ancient Art Podcast, Ancient Worlds
Arts:Visual Arts
iPod version. For HD video visit ancientartpodcast.org. Keeping our promise from last episode, episode 26 explores the history, artistry, and mythology of the famous Hellenistic sculpture, the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles. Using the words of ancient authors like Hesiod, Pliny the Elder, and others, we examine multiple copies of the sculpture, including the Vatican’s Colonna Venus, the Uffizi’s Venus de' Medici, the Aphrodite Braschi of the Munich Glyptothek, and an example from the Art Inst...
view more
More Episodes
51 (iPod): Beer in Ancient Egypt
2012-09-01
2012-09-01
51 (HD): Beer in Ancient Egypt
2012-07-23
2012-07-23
50 (iPod): Images of Buddha
2012-05-30
2012-05-30
50 (HD): Images of Buddha
2012-05-30
2012-05-30
49 (iPod): Ancient Dragons
2012-04-25
2012-04-25
49 (HD): Ancient Dragons
2012-04-23
2012-04-23
47 beta: I Can Has Podcast
2012-02-20
2012-02-20
47 (iPod): Roman Fasces
2012-02-13
2012-02-13
47 (HD): Roman Fasces
2012-02-10
2012-02-10
46 (iPod): Ara Pacis
2012-01-05
2012-01-05
46 (HD): Ara Pacis
2011-12-31
2011-12-31
45 (iPod): Courtesans and Fish Plates
2011-12-01
2011-12-01
45 (HD): Courtesans and Fish Plates
2011-11-28
2011-11-28
Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE
