| Description |
1 online resource (9 video files (approximately 477 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Contents |
Episode 1 The Second Moment of Creation Episode 2 How Do We Look? Episode 3 God and Art Episode 4 Encounters Episode 5 Renaissances Episode 6 Paradise on Earth Episode 7 Color and Light Episode 8 The Cult of Progress Episode 9 What Is Art Good For?. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Tim Niel. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Liev Schreiber. |
| Summary |
Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. This nine-part series reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduces viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures. Principal contributors Simon Schama, Mary Beard, and David Olusoga travel across the globe, visiting such cultural landmarks as the great mosques of Istanbul, the ancient cities of Mesoamerica, the Buddhist caves of Ajanta in India, the Aztecs' Templo Mayor in modern Mexico City, the funeral site of China's first emperor and many more. Narrated by Liev Schreiber. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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Arts -- History.
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Civilization -- History.
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Humanity in art -- History.
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Imagination.
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Schama, Simon, screenwriter, on-screen presenter.
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Beard, Mary, 1955- screenwriter, on-screen presenter.
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Olusoga, David, screenwriter, on-screen presenter.
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Trevisick, Shaun, screenwriter, television producer.
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Niel, Tim, television director, television producer.
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Hill, Matthew (Producer), television director, television producer.
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Leese, Ian, television director, television producer.
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Gething, Ashley, television director, television producer.
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MacGregor, Hugo, television director, television producer.
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Fall, Melanie, television producer.
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Blakeway, Denys, television producer.
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Jackson, Michael, 1958 February 11- television producer.
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Root, Jane, 1957- television producer.
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Buckley, Caroline (Documentary television producer), television producer.
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Schreiber, Liev, narrator.
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Jenhudson, Tandis, composer (expression)
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Scutter, Guy, editor of moving image work.
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Duthy, Sebastian, editor of moving image work.
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Carnevali, Andrea, 1972- editor of moving image work.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Inspired by: Civilisation (Television program)
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| Music No. |
MWT12396180 |
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