Schedule
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Civilizations
God and Art
Thursday
Jan 22
1 Hour
The relationship between religion and art reveals how religious works of art are often inspired by conflict, intrigue and divine mysteries. -
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Civilizations
God and Art
Thursday
Jan 22
1 Hour
The relationship between religion and art reveals how religious works of art are often inspired by conflict, intrigue and divine mysteries. -
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Civilizations
Encounters
Saturday
Jan 24
1 Hour
Art becomes the great interface by which civilizations judge and understand each other, as seafaring advances and the interest for trade and exploration allow distant and disparate cultures to meet for the first time. -
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Civilizations
Renaissances
Saturday
Jan 24
1 Hour
Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires experience an explosion of creativity, as artists in the East and the West compete and influence each other. -
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Civilizations
Paradise on Earth
Saturday
Jan 24
1 Hour
Exploring one of humanity's artistic urges -- the depiction of nature -- through landscape painting. -
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Civilizations
Encounters
Sunday
Jan 25
1 Hour
Art becomes the great interface by which civilizations judge and understand each other, as seafaring advances and the interest for trade and exploration allow distant and disparate cultures to meet for the first time. -
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Civilizations
Renaissances
Sunday
Jan 25
1 Hour
Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires experience an explosion of creativity, as artists in the East and the West compete and influence each other. -
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Civilizations
Paradise on Earth
Sunday
Jan 25
1 Hour
Exploring one of humanity's artistic urges -- the depiction of nature -- through landscape painting. -
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Civilizations
Encounters
Tuesday
Jan 27
1 Hour
Art becomes the great interface by which civilizations judge and understand each other, as seafaring advances and the interest for trade and exploration allow distant and disparate cultures to meet for the first time. -
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Civilizations
Encounters
Tuesday
Jan 27
1 Hour
Art becomes the great interface by which civilizations judge and understand each other, as seafaring advances and the interest for trade and exploration allow distant and disparate cultures to meet for the first time. -
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Civilizations
Renaissances
Wednesday
Jan 28
1 Hour
Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires experience an explosion of creativity, as artists in the East and the West compete and influence each other. -
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Civilizations
Renaissances
Wednesday
Jan 28
1 Hour
Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires experience an explosion of creativity, as artists in the East and the West compete and influence each other. -
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Civilizations
Paradise on Earth
Thursday
Jan 29
1 Hour
Exploring one of humanity's artistic urges -- the depiction of nature -- through landscape painting. -
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Civilizations
Paradise on Earth
Thursday
Jan 29
1 Hour
Exploring one of humanity's artistic urges -- the depiction of nature -- through landscape painting. -
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Civilizations
Color and Light
Saturday
Jan 31
1 Hour
Light and color in art, including Gothic cathedrals, Indian court painting and modern art. -
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Civilizations
The Cult of Progress
Saturday
Jan 31
1 Hour
The rise and fall of progress as an ideology; the civilizing project's contradictions trouble European artists. -
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Civilizations
What Is Art (Good For)?
Saturday
Jan 31
1 Hour
Exploring art in the age of revolution, war and scientific change. -
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Civilizations
Color and Light
Sunday
Feb 1
1 Hour
Light and color in art, including Gothic cathedrals, Indian court painting and modern art. -
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Civilizations
The Cult of Progress
Sunday
Feb 1
1 Hour
The rise and fall of progress as an ideology; the civilizing project's contradictions trouble European artists. -
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Civilizations
What Is Art (Good For)?
Sunday
Feb 1
1 Hour
Exploring art in the age of revolution, war and scientific change.
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