Color and Light

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Civilisations
19th June 2018 53 mins Season 1 Episode 7

Explore the story of light and color in art—both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy. Journey from Gothic cathedrals and Indian courtly painting to modern art.

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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.
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01 Liev Schreiber profile Liev Schreiberas Narrator 02 Simon Schama profile Simon Schamaas self 03 Jamal J. Elias profile Jamal J. Eliasas self
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