Aired Wednesday October 20, 1:40am - 2:40amon BBC Four

Nature and Us: A History through Art

Series 1 Episode 2

James Fox explores how art reveals how humans began to try to understand nature for the very first time. From the art of the Song dynasty in China and the Islamic world, through to the Scientific Revolution and the advent of the industrial era, James shows how in very different ways humans came to both appreciate and understand nature, whilst at the very same time beginning to dominate and control it.

Category
Documentary / Art
Original air date
2021-10-18
Cast and crew
  • Ben HardingDirector
  • James FoxHost