Civilizations Picturing Paradise (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

Civilizations

Picturing Paradise (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

Religion is a major domain in art history, possibly from the start in cave paintings, with cosmogony, cultic and magical purposes, votive and funeral, even political practices. It could completely dominate a society and civilization, as in...See moreReligion is a major domain in art history, possibly from the start in cave paintings, with cosmogony, cultic and magical purposes, votive and funeral, even political practices. It could completely dominate a society and civilization, as in theocratic Pharaonic Egypt. Representation of divinity vary enormously, like zoomorphism, anthropomorphism, stylized or idealized, as in Classical Greek art. It could serve sacrificial, community-building, prestige and didactic purposes; even a whole theological and (socio-)political agenda. Fear of hubris may lead to banning depictions of divinity -and iconoclasm- or even of all life, as in strict interpretations of Islam, leading to alternative styles and promoting fitting techniques, such as stylized or geometric patterns as in Persian carpets, or elaborate abstract decorations in mosaics, tiles, carpentry - Religion-related controversy remains, as in pictorial arts and architecture, opposing novelty to traditions. Written by KGF Vissers See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Mary Beard Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	W1A (2014)
Emmanuel Ik Inneh Self - Bronze Caster Self - Bronze Caster See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Jonathan Jones Self - Art Critic & Historian Self - Art Critic & Historian See fewer	Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo Love and Death (2017)
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Self - Archaeologist Self - Archaeologist See fewer	A Philosopher in the Arena (2018)
Yisuke Matsubayashi Self - Potter Self - Potter See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
David Olusoga Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	History of Now: The Story of the Noughties (2010)
Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator (US version) (voice) (version: US) Self - Narrator (US version) (voice) (version: US) See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Jan Six Self - Patron, Six Collection Self - Patron, Six Collection See fewer	My Rembrandt (2019)