See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet. Distant and disparate cultures met for the first time, and art became the great interface by which civilizations understood each other.
Duration: 55 minutes and 0 seconds
Episode Number: 104
| Sat, Jan 24 | 7:00 P.M. | Encounters NH World (11.3) |
| Sun, Jan 25 | 12:00 A.M. | Encounters NH World (11.3) |
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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 24 | 7:00 P.M. | Encounters NH World (11.3) |
| Sat, Jan 24 | 8:00 P.M. | Renaissances NH World (11.3) |
| Sat, Jan 24 | 9:00 P.M. | Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) |
| Sun, Jan 25 | 12:00 A.M. | Encounters NH World (11.3) |
| Sun, Jan 25 | 1:00 A.M. | Renaissances NH World (11.3) |
| Sun, Jan 25 | 2:00 A.M. | Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) |
| Tue, Jan 27 | 5:00 A.M. | Encounters NH World (11.3) |
| Tue, Jan 27 | 11:00 A.M. | Encounters NH World (11.3) |
| Wed, Jan 28 | 5:00 A.M. | Renaissances NH World (11.3) |
| Wed, Jan 28 | 11:00 A.M. | Renaissances NH World (11.3) |
| Thu, Jan 29 | 5:00 A.M. | Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) |
| Thu, Jan 29 | 11:00 A.M. | Paradise On Earth NH World (11.3) |
| Sat, Jan 31 | 7:00 P.M. | Color and Light NH World (11.3) |
| Sat, Jan 31 | 8:00 P.M. | The Cult of Progress NH World (11.3) |
| Sat, Jan 31 | 9:00 P.M. | What Is Art (Good for)? NH World (11.3) |
| Sun, Feb 1 | 12:00 A.M. | Color and Light NH World (11.3) |
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