The Cult of Progress -
civilizations

Sun, Nov 3 1:00 P.M. NH Explore (11.2)

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.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 108

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Sun, Nov 3	1:00 P.M.	The Cult of Progress NH Explore (11.2)

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.

Watch Civilizations - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Flights of Fancy

Art from Fiery Immolation

The Multitudes of the Displaced

How Do We Look?

Encounters

God and Art

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