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Civilizations
Paradise on Earth
Season 1
Episode 6
Explore 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, escapes and refuges—the elusive paradise on earth.
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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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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.