How Art Made the World (Dbl DVD)

Starring: Various

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: May 2003
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: BBC Home Entertainment
• Director: Various
• Starring: Various
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Color; NTSC; Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.8"

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Cast: Dr. Nigel Spivey, David Attenborough, George Miller, and individual experts. This is a BBC production, so it has to be good from the beginning. There is some nice background music that sometimes drowns out the narrators, so it is a good idea to use the subtitles. Divided into logical chapters or episodes, this program explains more about where art came from than what art did for us. However, it does show the various uses of art along with an understanding of how people perceive art. This program is not entirely neutral and doesn't aim to be a comprehensive critique of art. It is quite opinionated and centers on the idea that art is connected to how our brains function. Essentially, this program mainly presents this theory. Along the way, it raises many points that most people haven't considered or haven’t thought much about. Whether you agree with this theory or not, the presentation is excellent and definitely worth watching. You may want to follow up with some programs by Joseph Campbell, which pretty much parallel this program; this especially applies to the cave paintings. It takes some time to get through this presentation because you'll want to pause and think about what's being said while looking up individual details on the internet before continuing with the program. How Art Made the World: More Human Than Human The Day Pictures Were Born The Art of Persuasion Once Upon a Time To Death and Back