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SIGN IN TO WATCHS1 E9: What Is Art Good For?Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change and ...Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change and consider the question: Should art create a separate realm, a place of escape, or should it plunge into the chaos, ... -
SIGN IN TO WATCHS1 E8: The Cult of ProgressExamine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the ...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 ... -
SIGN IN TO WATCHS1 E7: Color and LightExplore the story of light and color in art - both in the search for greater ...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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S1 E9: Flights of FancyIn December 1942, a Jewish teacher brings art supplies to children held by ...In December 1942, a Jewish teacher brings art supplies to children held by Nazis. They created art that would give them a momentary escape, if only in their imaginations. -
S1 E8: Otto Dix's Definitive Artistic StatementOtto Dix and his generation had borne witness to the horrors of World War I. ...Otto Dix and his generation had borne witness to the horrors of World War I. They'd also been witness to the death of the nineteenth century faith in an inevitable, unstoppable progress. -
S1 E8: George Catlin's Indian PortraitsCatlin was by no means indifferent to the suffering of the people whose faces ...Catlin was by no means indifferent to the suffering of the people whose faces appear in these paintings. But he didn't produce them in order to take part in some campaign to save the native Americans, ...
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S1 E9: Episode 9 Preview | What Is Art Good For?Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change and ...Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change and consider the question: Should art create a separate realm, a place of escape, or should it plunge into the chaos, ... -
S1 E8: Episode 8 Preview | The Cult of ProgressExamine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the ...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 ... -
S1 E7: Episode 7 Preview | Color and LightExplore the story of light and color in art - both in the search for greater ...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.
