Civilizations

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

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    What Is Art Good For?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.
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    How Do We Look?

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    Explore how we look at the human body in art.
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    The Second Moment of Creation

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

About Civilizations

Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Civilizations reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduce viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination across cultures. Liev Schreiber narrates.

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