The Cult of Progress -
civilizations
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.
Duration: 54 minutes and 45 seconds
Episode Number: 108
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About 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.
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Art in Darkness
The Cult of Progress
How Do We Look?
God and Art
Paradise on Earth
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