How Art Made the World (2005)
- Original title
- How Art Made The World
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 5 episodes
- Rating
- 8.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary series explores how art has shaped human civilization and society. Each episode examines a different aspect of art's influence on modern life.
informativehistoricaleducationalprovocativethoughtfulcontemplativeneutral-toned
What happens
How Art Made the World is a 2005 five-part BBC One documentary series, with each episode looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society. "The essential premise of the show," according to Nigel Spivey, "is that of all the defining characteristics of humanity as a species, none is more basic than the inclination to make art. Great apes will smear paint on canvas if they are given brushes and shown how, but they do not instinctively produce art any more than parrots produce conversation. We humans are alone in developing the capacity for symbolic imagery." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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