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Civilisations
Series 1 Episode 2: How Do We Look?Professor Mary Beard explores images of the human body in ancient art, from Mexico and Greece to Egypt and China. Mary seeks answers to fundamental questions at the heart of ideas about civilisations. Why have human beings always made art about themselves? What were these images for? And in what ways do some ancient conventions of representing the body still affect people now?
- Category
- Documentary / History
- Original air date
- 2018-03-08
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