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Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.
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Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.
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Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
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Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
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Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.
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See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.
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Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.
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Explore how we look at the human body in art.
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Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity.
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Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.
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Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
![Paradise on Earth](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11ec36b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FVZFirox-asset-mezzanine-16x9-WdEoshx.jpg)
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Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.