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S01E03 - "When East Meets West"
Aired on Aug 20, 2007, 8:00 PM
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How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you and should you portray the face of Christ? For over 1,000 years these were some of the questions which taxed the minds of the greatest artists of the early West. In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon sets out to unravel the mysteries of art from the pre-perspective era.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Painting Paradise
Andrew Graham-Dixon unravels the mysteries of the art of the pre-perspective era. He traces the beginnings of Christian art in Rome, Egypt and medieval France.
Aug 6, 2007
60 min
E2
The Glory of Byzantium
Andrew Graham-Dixon unravels the mysteries of the art of the pre-perspective era. In Istanbul, he immerses himself in the world of the Byzantine Empire.
Aug 13, 2007
60 min
E3
When East Meets West
Andrew Graham-Dixon sets out to unravel the mysteries of the art of the pre-perspective era. He examines early Christian art and the reasons for its evolution.
Aug 20, 2007
60 min
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