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How Art Made The World

Overview

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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Nigel Spivey

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Cast

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Nigel Spivey

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Total episodes: 6

Nigel Spivey profile
Nigel Spivey

Himself

Total episodes: 6

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Release Date

May 26, 2005

Last air Date

June 24, 2005

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

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Season 1

Aired on: 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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