Ringling
Big top brothers
Ringling refers to the Ringling Brothers, a family of seven brothers who built America's most famous circus empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The name is most associated with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, long billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth." Ringling evokes the golden age of American circus entertainment—elephants, acrobats, clowns under the big top: The Ringling museum in Sarasota preserves the family's art collection.
Famed circus promoter
- big topMain circus tent
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- SarasotaFlorida coastal city
clowns · acrobats · touring · menagerie · spectacle · train · tent · performers
Florida coastal city
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- mansionLarge, stately home
- art collectionAssembled creative works
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
Baroque · Florida · estate · gallery · grounds · architecture · collection · philanthropy
Institution teaching visual disciplines
- designPurposeful creative planning
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- SarasotaFlorida coastal city
campus · fine arts · students · creative · degree · portfolio · digital arts · game design
Barnum
Famed circus promoter
Sarasota · clowns · acrobats · touring · menagerie · spectacle · train · tent · performers · animals
Sarasota
Florida coastal city
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- mansionLarge, stately home
- art collectionAssembled creative works
Rubens · Baroque · Florida · estate · gallery · grounds · architecture · collection · philanthropy · cultural
art school
Institution teaching visual disciplines
- designPurposeful creative planning
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
Sarasota · campus · fine arts · students · creative · degree · portfolio · digital arts · game design · film
brothers
Male children of same parents
Otto · Alfred · Wisconsin · dynasty · founders · siblings · impresarios · entrepreneurs · showmen · partnership
- American MuseumsMoMA, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim, National Gallery, Smithsonian
- art schoolsAshcan School, art center, Barbizon School, design school, art academy
- Florida CollegesUniversity of Florida, Central Florida, South Florida, Florida A&M, Stetson
- Sarasota-BradentonSarasota, Venice, Palmetto, Englewood, Osprey
- Central MontanaGreat Falls, Belt, Cascade, Lewistown, Stanford
Ringlingopera
Theatrical art combining song
legitimate theater · symphony orchestra · art museum · Broadway · ballet
- Ringling BrothersFamed family circus enterprise