How Art Made the World S1 E5 - Factual | BritBox US

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What it is that has compelled human beings to surround themselves with images of death?

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Year 2005
51 min

Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world.

Year: 2005

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E1 • More Human than Human
1. 51min
2. TV-14
3. CC
Why do humans surround themselves with images of the body that are so unrealistic?
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E2 • The Day Pictures Were Born
1. 47min
2. TV-G
3. CC
How prehistoric images could have triggered the greatest change in human history.
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E3 • The Art of Persuasion
1. 50min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
How modern politicians use the power of images first established in the ancient world.
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E4 • Once Upon a Time
1. 48min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
How the modern cultural phenomenon of cinema has roots established in the ancient world.
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E5 • To Death and Back
1. 51min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
What it is that has compelled human beings to surround themselves with images of death?