How Art Made The World (2005)
Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred thousand years of history.
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Episodes
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1. More Human than Human2005-05-26 · 1h 0mPictures of the human body fill our TV screens, magazines, billboards, almost our every waking moment. Through the ages artists have been obsessed with the human form. The range of
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2. The Day Pictures Were Born2005-06-03 · 1h 0mWe live in a highly complex world, one that requires many different skills and abilities to make our way through it. One of these skills is to look at lines and shapes that we see
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3. The Art of Persuasion2005-06-10 · 1h 0mThe leaders of most modern countries exploit a powerful political tool - the power of images. These techniques, in fact, were invented thousands of years ago by the leaders of the
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4. Once Upon A Time2005-06-17 · 1h 0mWhen we watch a good film, something extraordinary happens. We become so involved with what's going on that we feel we are living the story ourselves. Films enchant, terrify and in
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5. To Death and Back2005-06-24 · 1h 0mIn our daily lives, we are bombarded constantly by images. But there is one image whose power over us is strangely mesmerizing. It terrifies and yet reassures us — it is the image
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