Season 1

Civilizations

The Second Moment of Creation

Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity.

Ep1 | 53m 16s

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Civilizations

How Do We Look?

Explore how we look at the human body in art.

Ep2 | 53m 36s

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Civilizations

God and Art

Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.

Ep3 | 53m 36s

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Encounters

See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.

Ep4 | 53m 46s

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Civilizations

Renaissances

Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.

Ep5 | 53m 36s

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Paradise on Earth

Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.

Ep6 | 53m 16s

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Color and Light

Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.

Ep7 | 53m

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The Cult of Progress

Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.

Ep8 | 53m 34s

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What Is Art Good For?

Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.

Ep9 | 53m 6s

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