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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.
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Nature Becomes the Story
Albrecht Altdorfer sidesteps religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics by using nature.
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Nature Becomes the Story
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Albrecht Altdorfer sidesteps religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics by using nature.
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Landscape as Ideology
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In Li Cheng's hands, landscape art became not a depiction of the natural world, but a kind of official ideology, promoting
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Heavenly Paradises on Earth
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In Islamic architecture, landscapes reflect a mastery over the natural world.
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Paradise on Earth
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Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature. But landscape painting is seldom a straightforw
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Paradise on Earth
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Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature. But landscape painting is seldom a straightforw
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