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What Is Art Good For?
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Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.
The Cult of Progress
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Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.
Color and Light
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Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
Paradise on Earth
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Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
Renaissances
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Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.
Encounters
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See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.
God and Art
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Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.
How Do We Look?
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Explore how we look at the human body in art.
The Second Moment of Creation
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Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity.
What Is Art Good For?
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Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.
Encounters
0:30
See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.
Paradise on Earth
0:30
Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
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