How Art Made The World

Name: How Art Made The World
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-05-26
Cast: Nigel Spivey

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Documentary

Creator:Nigel Spivey

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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StatusEnded

First AiredMay 26, 2005

Last AiredJune 24, 2005

Episode Runtime1sa

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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art history

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S1 E5 • 6/24/2005

To Death and Back

In our daily lives, we are bombarded constantly by images. But there is one image whose power over us is strangely mesmerizing. It terrifies and yet reassures us — it is the image of death. We build grave yards, and we even carry pictures of the dead. But why? What makes us surround ourselves with constant reminders of death? Experts think this preoccupation is rooted in the human mind; unlike animals, humans understand the inevitability of their own death and in fact can imagine a world in which we are no longer alive.