Basic Info

First Air: May 26, 2005

Rating: ⭐ 8.7/10 (6 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Last Episode

Name: To Death and Back

Season: 1, Episode: 5

Air Date: 2005-06-24

Runtime: 60 min

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.

Videos

How Art Made the World (YouTube)

How Art Made The World

2005 1 seasons 6 episodes ⭐ 8.7/10 6 votes

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.