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How Art Made The World
★ 8.9· 2005– 2005· 1 Season· 6 Episodes· ~60 min/ep
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Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred thousand years of history.
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First Aired: 5/26/2005
Languages: English
Created by: Nigel Spivey
Type: Miniseries
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Networks:
BBC Two
BBC TwoCountries: United Kingdom
Where to watch · US
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Season 1
2005· 6 episodes
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.
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Keywords
art history
