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The Cult of Progress

The Cult of Progress

Season 1 Episode 8
53:18
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Official Trailer

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The Second Moment of Creation

The Second Moment of Creation

Season 1 Episode 1
53:00
How Do We Look?

How Do We Look?

Season 1 Episode 2
53:20
God and Art

God and Art

Season 1 Episode 3
53:20
Encounters

Encounters

Season 1 Episode 4
53:30
Renaissances

Renaissances

Season 1 Episode 5
53:20
Paradise on Earth

Paradise on Earth

Season 1 Episode 6
53:00
Color and Light

Color and Light

Season 1 Episode 7
52:44
Civilizations Season 1

What Is Art Good For?

Season 1 Episode 9
52:50
Flights of Fancy

Flights of Fancy

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Civilizations

The Cult of Progress

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.