How Art Made the World

Why do humans surround themselves with images of the body that are so unrealistic?

How prehistoric images could have triggered the greatest change in human history.

How modern politicians use the power of images first established in the ancient world.

Each year over seven billion people across the world are drawn to see the latest feature films in the cinema. Movies excite, entertain and delight us. But this very modern cultural phenomenon has its roots deep in history. Classicist Nigel Spivey reveals how the most powerful storytelling medium ever created exploits visual techniques invented by artists in the ancient world.

What it is that has compelled human beings to surround themselves with images of death?