Civilizations

Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Programs reveal the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduce viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination across cultures.

Sat, Jan 17	8:00 P.M.	How Do We Look? NH World (11.3) Explore the many functions of the human image in art.
Sat, Jan 17	9:00 P.M.	God and Art NH World (11.3) Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made.
Sun, Jan 18	12:00 A.M.	The Second Moment of Creation NH World (11.3) Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself.
Sun, Jan 18	1:00 A.M.	How Do We Look? NH World (11.3) Explore the many functions of the human image in art.
Sun, Jan 18	2:00 A.M.	God and Art NH World (11.3) Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made.
Sun, Jan 18	9:00 A.M.	God and Art NH World (11.3) Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made.
Tue, Jan 20	5:00 A.M.	The Second Moment of Creation NH World (11.3) Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself.
Tue, Jan 20	11:00 A.M.	The Second Moment of Creation NH World (11.3) Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself.
Wed, Jan 21	5:00 A.M.	How Do We Look? NH World (11.3) Explore the many functions of the human image in art.
Wed, Jan 21	11:00 A.M.	How Do We Look? NH World (11.3) Explore the many functions of the human image in art.
Thu, Jan 22	5:00 A.M.	God and Art NH World (11.3) Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made.
Thu, Jan 22	11:00 A.M.	God and Art NH World (11.3) Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made.
Sat, Jan 24	7:00 P.M.	Encounters NH World (11.3) See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet.
Sat, Jan 24	8:00 P.M.	Renaissances NH World (11.3) Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Sat, Jan 24	9:00 P.M.	Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) Explore one of humanity's deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
Sun, Jan 25	12:00 A.M.	Encounters NH World (11.3) See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet.
Sun, Jan 25	1:00 A.M.	Renaissances NH World (11.3) Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Sun, Jan 25	2:00 A.M.	Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) Explore one of humanity's deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
Tue, Jan 27	5:00 A.M.	Encounters NH World (11.3) See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet.
Tue, Jan 27	11:00 A.M.	Encounters NH World (11.3) See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet.
Wed, Jan 28	5:00 A.M.	Renaissances NH World (11.3) Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Wed, Jan 28	11:00 A.M.	Renaissances NH World (11.3) Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Thu, Jan 29	5:00 A.M.	Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) Explore one of humanity's deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
Thu, Jan 29	11:00 A.M.	Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) Explore one of humanity's deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
Sat, Jan 31	7:00 P.M.	Color and Light NH World (11.3) Explore the story of light and color in art both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
Sat, Jan 31	8:00 P.M.	The Cult of Progress NH World (11.3) Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
Sat, Jan 31	9:00 P.M.	What Is Art (Good for)? NH World (11.3) Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale.
Sun, Feb 1	12:00 A.M.	Color and Light NH World (11.3) Explore the story of light and color in art both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
Sun, Feb 1	1:00 A.M.	The Cult of Progress NH World (11.3) Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
Sun, Feb 1	2:00 A.M.	What Is Art (Good for)? NH World (11.3) Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale.
Tue, Feb 3	5:00 A.M.	Color and Light NH World (11.3) Explore the story of light and color in art both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
Tue, Feb 3	11:00 A.M.	Color and Light NH World (11.3) Explore the story of light and color in art both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
Wed, Feb 4	5:00 A.M.	The Cult of Progress NH World (11.3) Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
Wed, Feb 4	11:00 A.M.	The Cult of Progress NH World (11.3) Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
Thu, Feb 5	5:00 A.M.	What Is Art (Good for)? NH World (11.3) Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale.
Thu, Feb 5	11:00 A.M.	What Is Art (Good for)? NH World (11.3) Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale.