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The Cult of Progress

Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
Preview Season 1 Episode 8 Length 00:30 Premiere: 06/26/18

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Season 1 Episodes

What Is Art Good For?
S1 E9 Length 52:50 Premiere Date 07/03/18

The Cult of Progress
S1 E8 Length 53:18 Premiere Date 06/26/18

Color and Light
S1 E7 Length 52:44 Premiere Date 06/19/18

Paradise on Earth
S1 E6 Length 53:00 Premiere Date 06/12/18

Renaissances
S1 E5 Length 53:20 Premiere Date 05/15/18

Encounters
S1 E4 Length 53:30 Premiere Date 05/08/18

God and Art
S1 E3 Length 53:20 Premiere Date 05/01/18

How Do We Look?
S1 E2 Length 53:20 Premiere Date 04/24/18

The Second Moment of Creation
S1 E1 Length 53:00 Premiere Date 04/17/18

The Cult of Progress
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 06/26/18

Capturing Unspoiled Landscape
Clip Length 04:20 Premiere Date 06/26/18

Manet Twists the Conventions of Art
Clip Length 02:30 Premiere Date 06/26/18

George Catlin's Indian Portraits
Clip Length 02:18 Premiere Date 06/26/18

Otto Dix's Definitive Artistic Statement
Clip Length 03:44 Premiere Date 06/26/18

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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/17/18

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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/17/18

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