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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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The Madonna Di Loreto
At the Church of San Agostino in Rome, Caravaggio breaks the social and aesthetic rules of his generation.
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The Madonna Di Loreto
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At the Church of San Agostino in Rome, Caravaggio breaks the social and aesthetic rules of his generation.
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Building the Suleymaniye Mosque
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Mimar Sinar became the greatest military engineer of his day, but he always felt himself destined for something greater th
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The Distinction Between Craft and Genius
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University of London scholar Jerry Brotton discusses how the the Renaissance creates a contrast between ars and invenio.
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Artemisia's Most Subversive Work
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Rebelling against any notion that women shouldn't speak until spoken to, Artemisia refuses to shut her portrait up.
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Renaissances
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Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that exper
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