

Civilizations
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T1 E1 - The Second Moment of Creation
17 de abril de 201853 minExamine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself. Images and artifacts found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America testify to the urge to develop civilizations.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E2 - How Do We Look?
24 de abril de 201853 minExplore the many functions of the human image in art. Portraits, paintings and sculptures, life-size and colossal, perform a role - assuaging loss, expressing strength, inspiring fear - and were instrumental in depicting the body today.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E3 - God and Art
1 de mayo de 201853 minTrace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, and breathtaking works of art ever made. Yet beneath great works of religious art often lie conflict, intrigue and divine mysteries.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E4 - Encounters
8 de mayo de 201854 minSee how seafaring advances and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet. Distant and disparate cultures met for the first time, and art became the great interface by which civilizations understood each other.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E5 - Renaissances
15 de mayo de 201853 minExplore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries. Both spheres were open to influences flowing both ways.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E6 - Paradise on Earth
12 de junio de 201853 minExplore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature. But landscape painting is seldom a straightforward portrayal of observed nature; it's a projection of dreams, idylls, and refuges - the elusive paradise on earth.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E7 - Color and Light
19 de junio de 201853 minExplore the story of light and color in art - both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy. Journey from Gothic cathedrals and Indian courtly painting to modern art.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E8 - The Cult of Progress
26 de junio de 201853 minExamine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compraT1 E9 - What Is Art Good For?
1 de julio de 201853 minExplore the fate of art in the machine and profit-driven world: should art create a realm separate from the modern world, or should it plunge headlong into the chaos while transforming the way we see and live in it?Periodo de prueba gratis de Documentales de PBS o compra
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Dirección
- Ashley GethingMatthew HillTim Niel
Reparto
- Liev SchreiberSimon SchamaMaya JasanoffMary BeardDavid OlusogaJonathan JonesJay XuWulf HeinSalima IkramBenito Jesús Venegas Durán
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- PBS
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