Release Date

26 May, 2005

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

6/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

How Art Made The World

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Season 1

26 May, 2005

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.

Created By

Actors

Crew

Francis Whately

Ben McPherson

Robin Dashwood

Mark Hedgecoe

Martin Wilson