Rick Steves Art of the Middle Ages

Rick Steves' Europe © 2023 | After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of civilization flickered in monasteries and on Europe’s fringes: Christian Byzantium, Moorish Spain, and pagan Vikings. Then, around A.D. 1000, Europe rebounded. The High Middle Ages brought majestic castles, radiant Gothic cathedrals, and exquisite art that dazzled the faithful and the secular alike. Find names and locations for works of art listed in the script at www.ricksteves.com/watch-read... #ricksteves #rickstevesart #arthistory
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Rick Steves, America's most respected authority on European travel, writes European travel guidebooks, and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio.

[@vcom2327]

Steves, you have out done yourself. An excellent series on European art history. Thank you!

[@christopherbryjowski2882]

OMG.....Finally, Mr. Rick Steves is back. With this return, you have truly made my day. Thanks

[@MeganAnimalLover]

Rick I have been watching your travel videos since 2000. I am so happy to see that you are still going strong. Thank you for your hard work and giving us the opportunity to see the world. 👏👏👏

[@mohamedmehnane8412]

All thanks, appreciation and respect, our professor. We are honored and happy to have you back. Tourism with you is the best choice.❤❤❤

[@karmak8t]

Indeed….welcome back!

[@tennissir1986]

It’s not tourism - it’s watching.

[@sonson5jadamshuzu111]

Thank you

[@evaburnz]

Rick Steves is a credit to society, and to humanity, such a genuine character with an affable personality and spirited nature.

[@BLMacab]

never heard of him, seems solid, he doesnt say everything is gayorracistright?

[@strangebrew1231]

He's a typical boomer

[@pikachuhatyu]

@rangandlatteshubby @warfrek93 you obviously haven't seen Rick's work, your comments are out of ignorance and such a disappointment. the benefit of anonymity behind keyboards has brought forth the worst among people. smh

[@mgcocasal]

There is no such thing as a typical boomer. The Rolling Stones are boomers! We can't help when we were born.

[@cw6560]

You are inspirering and amazing biographer. Art is parte of our lifes. Mr. Stevens thanks for such amezing work you do.

[@devjanichakraborty6204]

Thanks to you Mr.Rick Steves for coming back with new series of travel videos which we all love to watch !😊

[@TravelNut72]

A true master of European knowledge and narration. Your videos are not just informative but also create a cozy atmosphere in our homes to sit back to and indulge in all of what Europe has to offer. Thanks for your incredible work Rick !

[@kaatyconti]

Rick Steves, your voice is like butterscotch, joyous, I love your speaking style and your way with words! Excellent, informative video - thank you for your contributions to the world!

[@devjanichakraborty6204]

Mr.Rick Steves, your grand style of presenting your travel videos is quite fascinating ! It's a pleasant experience to watch your videos as you have a thorough knowledge of History and your presentation is very free flowing ! I, myself, had been a student of History but back then, it seemed to be a very raw and dry subject, reading it within the classroom environment. Now,due to the visual effects and your unique way of presentation makes it quite interesting and i enjoy the every bit of it ! Sir, thank you so much !

[@RoxanneM-]

Gorgeous, Steve! What a beautiful and carefully put together celebration to the expressions and passions of the Middle Ages.

[@tondakremble6660]

OMG!!! I was sooo excited 2 see a new Back Door video. Have been waiting 4 a long time. I hope this means more are coming. Have missed Rick & all the guys. Fantastic history, footage & narration as usual! 👏Bravo! More, more plz. Safe travels. Take care & God bless. Tonda

[@monicacall7532]

Bravo, Rick! This video was truly magnificent. Please do more like this one.

[@vcom2327]

This is Steve's best historical video. Well done!!!

[@shirakuramariarosa3479]

Thank you Rick Steves. Sooo happy to watched your vlogs.Keep it up😘

[@danielkelso1524]

Rick Steves is the Bob Ross of travel televison.

[@Galxy4050]

You are a national treasure! Thank you!

[@MarieAdventure]

I'm impress by the quality of this video and also showing half upper body instead of the to usual full body shot in their old format. This is the best lecture, you don't to attend university, just watch the new Rick Steve's show. Thank you Rick and your crew for creating this educational video.

[@tc2334]

Another great presentation of European culture. Thank you!

[@Chris1carl]

Such a wonderful and creative offshoot of the travel series! Am at the edge of my seat for this new chapter. Thank you!

[@carltonpenaloza1395]

Rick Steves is a jewel. He makes me forget about all the worlds conflicts!

[@BLMacab]

finnally a cultured whiteman who doesnt have a hilariously boring voice, im glad mr bean dont talk

[@bigbadbootydaddy515]

​@@BLMacabracist 👎

[@miovicdina7706]

Beautiful. 😍 Magnificent. Fantastic episode.

[@388Caroline]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, Rick! Thank you 🙏

[@iarinapoll9238]

Rick Steves is the reason I studied in Italy for one year and now I’m literally moving there😅 So happy he’s back!

[@bigsarge2085]

Fortunately we got to see Notre Dame before the roof burned.

[@pigoff123]

Thank you Sir.

[@romikim4548]

Art of middle age. Thanks for your great contents.

[@brizuelabernadette]

Very grateful for this wonderfully crafted video.

[@pigoff123]

Ulm has a beautiful cathedral. We drove there several times when my father was doing genealogy research.

[@chuki6545]

Thank you very much for this very well done video

[@robinriebsomer4607]

Many of the Nordic churches are in the shape of a pine tree, the tree of Ygrdrasil. I got to amble through Sainte Chapelle and Notre Dame in 1974. These gothic Cathedrals always fill me with wonder.

[@julie4289]

RickSteves has a wonderful way with words and appears to effortlessly distill hundreds of years of history into a few minutes without losing the essence of what the art of the Middle Ages is. His informed anod friendly narrative then forms a wonderful list of places to visit. I aim to visit Durham Cathedral this year with a new appreciation for its place in history. Thank you Rick!

[@lourdesyanes5624]

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[@markashworth8353]

👍 🤔 👍

[@pillantechvideo]

Amazing documentary, thanks for sharing!

[@susanwright9057]

Thank you so much for this….. Perfect for Easter time Which is always a strange time

[@peixotojota]

Como não amar o Tio Ricardo ❤? Maravilhoso sempre . Beijos do Brasil 🇧🇷 e venha nos visitar.

[@micfleming294]

This is a terrific popular overview. I noted the fun tourist acrobatics of building a church originated by Malcolm Miller, the authority on Chartres. And I liked seeing the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry section again, cut and pasted from a standalone video. Showing so many wonderful images in somewhat rapid succession suited the purposes of his themes. However, I wish a few more of them had been identified as he skipped from country to country in his examples. The recurring reference to the website was a good alert, but I really didn’t want to go to the footnotes repeatedly. Nevertheless, with the flood of inane travel bloggers these days, Rick Steves stands out for excellence.

[@diemvarndell8612]

Thank you for the knowledge. European art and architecture are the best 👌

[@user-bg4xm6zl1m]

It's real delight❤❤❤ Great thanks❤❤❤❤❤

[@Hipponite]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙏

[@susanwright9057]

Not just beautiful artwork And history But warm and friendly Visits with the travellers Gives you the feeling of world as a warm and friendly place 😊👍

[@holeshothunter5544]

Chartres still works. I rode in from the east, & was treated to the sight of the uneven spires rising over the edge of the world from many miles away. 😮

[@monomega649]

Aging like a fine wine steve

[@ahmadd421]

Finally, an older Rick Steves is back !

[@RuslanaDemille-do9kq]

...this phenomenal movie is the masterpiece of beautiful opulence, lavish culture and divine aesthetics so exquisitely filmed, thank you to charismatic Mr. Rick Steves for this mesmerizing work of art, love ❤️ you...

[@michaelmallin1]

Beautiful. Informative. Entertaining. What more could I ask for? Maybe more.

[@kevincaldwell4707]

Sure, there may be better art critics for shows like this, but only Rick can do what he does...show art and architecture in the way a common man would see it.

[@RuslanaDemille-do9kq]

...monumental work of art, irresistibly beautiful and enchanting mesmerizing movie, thank you to charismatic Mr.Rick Steves, love ❤️ you...

[@seanconnery1277]

22.10.2023.Very good and best..Thank you.

[@katiecoollady]

Rick looks great with his silver white hair!

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Greetings from Amsterdam ❤

[@spiritualvirus6964]

Amazing.

[@dannidanni1308]

Yes believe amen tankyou very much 🙏🌻🌻🙏

[@myrnajucar3498]

I am happy to view you again Sir Rick.

[@mgcocasal]

Grenada. Katherine of Aragon lived here before going to England to marry a Tudor prince. What a culture shock that must have been!

[@kuntalisingh3883]

Hardik dhanyawad,

[@LouielamsonTranNguyen]

The European Renaissance artists drew inspiration from both the art of the Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church. William Shakespeare's play "Henry VIII" tells a captivating story. The art produced by the Roman Catholic Church stands as a remarkable achievement in human history. In "Henry VIII," Shakespeare presents a storyline filled with ruthlessness. Who will assume the role of the second Henry VIII in the 21st century? Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.

[@sciagurrato1831]

Kudos to your superb combination of research, script and photography. Very special praise for the not so obvious facts you inserted deftly, such as the devolution of the Crusades into commercial exploitation.

[@jackthayer1289]

Europe and her people are worth protecting.

[@francoisedandre3644]

Les reliques de Saints, cela va trop loin et fait peur. C'est la mort. Pas le bâton de lumière. Très beau documentaire !

[@cecilekidner9201]

Thank you love everything you do

[@adolfopreciadosolis1144]

YourmG Your magnificent and learned tour of medieval Europe is Fascinating. Adolfo Preciado MD Guadalajara Mexico

[@magnumeventsmanagement-cs2po]

❤❤

[@fredcheok9199]

Wow! 2 new Rick Steves episodes in 1 day. 😂

[@praisethesun566]

Actually, a little point has to be made about how the different types of arch discharge their weights on the pillars. Oppositely to what is said in the documentary, the lack of the horizontal termination of the round arch in the pointed arch used in gothic architecture lets the weight be transmitted to the sustaining structures more downwards than outwards. That's the great structural advantage that the gothic arch gives, since gothic architects were able to reduce to the bare minimum the thickness of the walls - also opening these magnificent colorful windows - . The buttresses are still necessary, since the gothic arch pushes still outwards a little - we have also to mention that the innovation given by the pointed arch let the architects to plan wider vaults than the ones builded in romanic churches, so they were pretty heavy anyways - but they can be 'excavated' by moving them at the perimeter of the building, and connecting them to the vaults with arch structures - the flying buttresses - letting the sunlight come in more freely. P.S. If I made grammar mistakes I'm sorry, I'm not a native english speaker

[@anindyoboral7024]

Just awesome 🙌

[@mandynam7581]

What makes Rick Steves the best is the richness of his content. Other hosts share their opinions too much but do little research. Mr Steves is the other way around that's why I can watch his content one after the other without being put off by nonsense babbling.

[@stephenmacdonald76]

oh dear rick causing havoc again. he is now on the loose with a time machine

[@karelleet]

This is the best channel on youtube❤

[@yavrimu]

good to see Rick again. roughly at 13.30-14.30 the song in the back is a Caucasian song, much embraced by both Armenians and Turks: Sarı Gelin or Sari Gyalin. Interesting to hear the song in the documentary.

[@davidhung1966]

Rick: A unicorn or two? Me: I’m in 🤣🤣🤣

[@nicholasleonardbookedits-si9ng]

Without humankind, golden summer lawns become the thunder’s empty opera house. Love was something to slow our lungs’ applause, erupting in our chests to cross our mouths. Who else but children would rotate the globe? and know no names of countries whirling past. Who else will give the kittens strayed a home? to lend the comfort promised in our lap. Some minty arctic hoards the northern lights. And you, well-mannered, nurse a nervous dream; something within a smile too polite; a stewardess on Planet Earth’s retreat. But please don’t underestimate yourself, but ask amazed, “who else… who else… who else.” a sonnet that i wrote

[@jaeboogie2786]

Thank you Jesus 😢

[@juliaangelicaa5395]

Rick, the OG is back 👍🏻

[@dhusarikachakmavlog9666]

After long time..... ❤

[@Romalvx]

Dear Mr Steves, although I have often appreciated your efforts in explaining European arts by means of your books and videos, I can’t forget that many years ago, some of your comments about Naples made me very, very sad. Nothing personal, though, it’s hard to endure this memory of your otherwise generous positive commitment in observing the best that communities has been offering through centuries.

[@Reina.Nijinsky]

Subbed 👍🏼

[@TheGerogero]

> "the artists who painted these frescoes employed unprecedented realism" > pans to an angel lol

[@jayetishni]

11:02 Flame of knowledge or knowledge in flames? :)

[@dodiatkins4515]

Glad Rick Steves is back.

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Was the stained glass in Sainte Chappelle and Chartres removed during WWII?

[@Tomo.Domo.89]

I would just die if Rick Steves ask me to be a human cathedral😂. He's an OG

[@1-daydecorating8]

I wonder how they were able to build these beautiful buildings...

[@inna835]

12:52 What music is used in the background? Sounds so similar to the Armenian folk song “Sari Aghjik” meaning mountain girl.

[@pavelsmith2267]

If the middle ages lasted 1,000 years.and ended in the year 1,500 a.d. or so. We are here now in year 2023 so this means we are roughly 500 years older and progressive than we were by the end of the middle Ages. The events which took place during the mid-term of the thousand years middle ages, about the five hundred years mark. These events may possibly havebthe capacity to foretell the swells and truns we are currently surviving through and living with.

[@user-ic9vg6pw4o]

Lords' words

[@pavelsmith2267]

I believe Social Media and the Medieval Wheel of Fortune are capacitating us humans further towards ever deeper and deeper progress. This could be true; if we were to choose to do so. Lol- the Commissioner

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

It was the catholic church that brought civilization and beauty through the arts to the west.

[@christthekingd6240]

Why did Rick keep saying Christian instead of Catholic? Weird omission! Reformation was not until the 16th Century- then territories were Catholic or Protestant. 500 - 1500’s - Catholic, Catholic, Catholic only! All the things he covered should be noted as Catholic influence. Secular perspectives are leaving too much out.

[@lavernejones1973]

Jesus is Alive he love us all your heard a loud voice that you couldn't see get you look up to heaven God bless

[@sonson5jadamshuzu111]

Ok

[@PapaMama-tx5xy]

عقله اغرب اخدة كنزه

[@LauraBeth-xg4ci]

I always liked this guy despite his jabs at those delightful medievals... I recently learned he abandoned his wife and it's not the same watching his show.

[@manfredneilmann4305]

What does it have to do with him separating from his wife?

[@music_by_carlos]

2 much touching in the flying butriss example lol

[@americaneagle76]

[@taipham6350]

oh, why do your videos always look old money color, so nostalgic when watching it?

[@dorylee]

Catholics to be exact.

[@bernharddekok9710]

My goodness. I respect the place of religion, but please name the video’s appropriately. This was about religion and some of its effect on art, it was not about art itself. Please stop being so preachy, unless it’s titled correctly so the viewer knows what they’re being presented with.

[@paillette2010]

Making European art as dull as dishwater. Focus on travel. Leave the art to those who can make it enjoyable. I think there is an arrogance in Rick that he feels he can pontificate on art in the same way he can on finding the best accommodations. It ain't so. I have a strong art history background from living in Europe and prep school and post secondary work. find old Sister Wendy or any of the museum channels where people who KNOW art, LOVE art, and can articulate the life around the art are doing a great job (the Met in the UK does an amazing job) Rick must be tired of overpriced hotels and thinks this is a good idea. Nope.

[@vv9452]

Thank you RS. Truly appreciate your work. Have previously traveled to these sites. Early Ransack. Gold.