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About Civilizations
Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Civilizations reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduce viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination across cultures. Liev Schreiber narrates.
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Japan's 18th Century Commercial Art Revitalizes Color
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Three Aspects of the Absolute
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Venetians Embrace Color Over the Drawn Line
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Episode 6 Preview | Paradise on Earth
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Heavenly Paradises on Earth
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Landscape as Ideology
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Nature Becomes the Story
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Artemisia's Most Subversive Work
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Building the Suleymaniye Mosque
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Episode 5 Preview | Renaissances
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The Distinction Between Craft and Genius
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The Madonna Di Loreto