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Civilizations

★ 7.8 760 votes 2018–2018 1 season · 9 episodes Ended BBC Two
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About

The story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day—for the first time on a global scale. Inspired by Civilisation, Kenneth Clark’s acclaimed landmark 1969 series about Western art, this series broadens the canvas to reveal the role art and the creative imagination have played across multiple cultures and civilizations.

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Series 12018
7.668598h 42m
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. Liev Schreiber narrates.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Second Moment of Creation7.7
12158 min
▶2How Do We Look7.5
10458 min
▶3Paradise on Earth7.7
7958 min
▶4Picturing Paradise7.5
7458 min
▶5The Triumph of Art7.9
6758 min
▶6First Contact7.5
6558 min
▶7Radiance7.5
6258 min
▶8The Cult of Progress7.2
6058 min
▶9The Vital Spark7.6
5358 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator (US version)
Simon Schama Self - Presenter, Self - Columbia University
Maya Jasanoff Self - Harvard University, Self - Havard University
Mary Beard Self - Presenter
David Olusoga Self - Presenter, Self - Historian
Jonathan Jones Self - Art Critic & Historian
Jay Xu Self - Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Wulf Hein Self, Self - Experimental Archaeologist
Salima Ikram Self - The American University in Cairo
Benito Jesús Venegas Durán Self - Archaeologist

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