Civilizations
Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in forging of humanity.

The Second Moment of Creation
S1 Ep1 | 53m
Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity.

God and Art
S1 Ep3 | 53m 20s
Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.

Encounters
S1 Ep4 | 53m 30s
See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.

Renaissances
S1 Ep5 | 53m 20s
Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.

Paradise on Earth
S1 Ep6 | 53m
Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.

Color and Light
S1 Ep7 | 52m 44s
Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.

What Is Art Good For?
S1 Ep9 | 52m 50s
Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.

Capturing Unspoiled Landscape
S1 Ep8 | 4m 20s
Thomas Cole regarded the US landscape as being what he called the undefiled work of Gods.

Manet Twists the Conventions of Art
S1 Ep8 | 2m 30s
Edouard Manet created a masterpiece famed as a masterclass in visual subversion.

George Catlin's Indian Portraits
S1 Ep8 | 2m 18s
Despite his interest in portraiture, Catlin he said the Native Americans must perish.

What Is Art Good For?
S1 Ep9 | 30s
Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.

Flights of Fancy
S1 Ep9 | 3m 9s
In December 1942, a Jewish teacher brings art supplies to children held by Nazis.

Mondrian's New Visual Language
S1 Ep9 | 2m 20s
In the autumn of 1914, Mondrian had an epiphany that would bring true abstraction.

Art from Fiery Immolation
S1 Ep9 | 3m 43s
Some of the strongest contemporary art has the magical power of transformation.

The Multitudes of the Displaced
S1 Ep9 | 1m 43s
For artist Ai Weiwei, the calamity of our time is the disaster of the displaced.
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