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How Art Made the World
| How Art Made the World | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Nigel Spivey |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kim Thomas |
| Producer | Mark Hedgecoe |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 26 June – 24 July 2005 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
How Art Made the World is a 2005 five-part BBC One documentary series, with each episode looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society.[1][2]
"The essential premise of the show," according to Nigel Spivey, "is that of all the defining characteristics of humanity as a species, none is more basic than the inclination to make art. Great apes will smear paint on canvas if they are given brushes and shown how, but they do not instinctively produce art any more than parrots produce conversation. We humans are alone in developing the capacity for symbolic imagery."[3]
- ^ "How Art Made the World". BBC Science & Nature. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "How Art Made The World – part of a rich summer of arts on BBC Television". BBC Press Office. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "How Art Made the World: About the Series". PBS. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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