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        Rick Steves' Europe
            Art Bites 193: Marc Chagall
The Russian-born painter Marc Chagall used the abstract to create windows into the unseen spiritual world. With deceptively childlike simplicity — heavy outlines with brilliant colors — Chagall celebrated nature and its creator.
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            Early Europeans produce diverse art: from Christians to Muslims and Byzantines to Vikings.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The grand cities of ancient Rome’s vast empire and majestic churches of its fall.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Rome’s rise, as seen in its supersized monuments, colorful mosaics, and marble Caesars.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            In times of crisis and challenge, we ask ourselves: What is the true value of travel?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            We visit teeming Cairo, straddling the Nile, exploring the back streets on a tuk-tuk.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            After exploring the proud cuisine capital of Lyon we head for Chamonix.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Switzerland draws travelers from around the world for its legendary mountains.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    