Presenter Simon Schama outside Itimad-Ud-Daulah’s Tomb - Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Commissioned by Nur Jahan and completed in 1628.
PBS
Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Programs reveal the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduce viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination across cultures.
Tuesday, April 17
Second Moment of Creation
Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself. Images and artifacts found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America testify to the urge to develop civilizations. Liev Schreiber narrates.
Civilizations, premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. on PBS 6.
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