How Art Made the World - Season 1

How Art Made the World - Season 1

Season 1

Dr. Spivey takes viewers on a quest to comprehend mankind's unique capacity to understand and explain the world through artistic symbols. Speaking in colorful, non-technical language and aided by state-of-the-art computer graphics, Spivey explores the latest thinking by historians, neuroscientists and psychologists regarding the deep-seated and universal human desire to create art.
Network
Episodes5
DatesMay 26, 2005 - Jun 24, 2005

Episodes

More Human Than Human
Season 1Episode 160 min

More Human Than Human

First episode of Dr Nigel Spivey's series on the power of art. This episode uncovers the most commonly-used image of all - the human body.

May 26, 2005
The Day Pictures Were Born
Season 1Episode 260 min

The Day Pictures Were Born

Dr Nigel Spivey explores how art influences life by tracing the development of the image from cave paintings to our modern obesssion with images.

Jun 3, 2005
The Art of Persuasion
Season 1Episode 360 min

The Art of Persuasion

Dr Nigel Spivey continues his series on the power of art with a look at the way the human image has been used from the earliest times to impress and manipulate people.

Jun 10, 2005
Once Upon a Time
Season 1Episode 460 min

Once Upon a Time

Dr Nigel Spivey investigates how imagery was deployed in ancient times and how much the modern film storytelling techniques owe to ancient artists.

Jun 17, 2005
To Death and Back
Season 1Episode 560 min

To Death and Back

Dr Nigel Spivey explores how human awareness of our own mortality inspires the creation and display of images of death.

Jun 24, 2005

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