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Civilizations
God and Art
Season 1
Episode 3
Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made. Yet beneath great works of religious art often lie conflict, intrigue and divine mysteries.
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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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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.