Overview
Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred thousand years of history.
Cast
Nigel Spivey
6 episodes
How to Look at and Understand Great Art
The Art of Russia
Leonardo da Vinci
Rebuilding Ancient Rome
Lost Women Art
The High Art of the Low Countries
Arthouse
Sister Wendy's Story of Painting
Bares für Rares
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
Art of the Western World
Art of France
The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Art of Germany
Karin och Carl Larsson
The Adventurers of Modern Art
Simon Schama's History of Now
Becoming Frida Kahlo