Civilisations
Civilisations is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 5 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2023.
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1:00:00Civilisations
Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with great Gothic cathedrals. He then moves to 16th century Venice where masterpieces contested the assumption that drawing would always be superior to colouring.
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1:00:00In the 15th and 16th centuries distant and disparate cultures met. These encounters provoked wonder, awe, bafflement and fear. And, as historian of empire David Olusoga shows, art was always on the frontline.
59:00Think Renaissance and you think Italy. But in the 15th and 16th centuries the great Islamic empires experienced their own extraordinary cultural flowering.
1:00:00Professor Mary Beard broaches the controversial, sometimes dangerous, topic of religion and art.
1:00:00Simon Schama explores one of our deepest artistic urges - the depiction of nature.