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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

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A History of the World in 100 Objects: Meeting The Gods (1200 - 1400 AD): Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

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Neil MacGregor with a 14th century icon from the Byzantine Empire.

Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects. Today - an icon celebrating the restoration of holy images at the end a period of religious iconoclasm.

This week Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects is describing how people expressed devotion and connection with the divine in the 14th and 15th centuries. 


Today he is with an icon from Constantinople that looks back in history to celebrate the overthrow of iconoclasm and the restoration of holy images in AD 843 - a moment of triumph for the Orthodox branch of the Christian Church. This icon shows the annual festival of orthodoxy celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent, with historical figures of that time and a famous depiction of the Virgin Mary. 


The American artist Bill Viola responds to the icon and describes the special characteristics of religious painting. And the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch describes the often troubled relationship between the Church and the images it has produced.



Producer: Anthony Denselow



A History of the World in 100 Objects: Meeting The Gods (1200 - 1400 AD)

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Objects from the British Museum show how the faithful were brought closer to their gods

From Mexico to Easter Island, the followers of many world religions used objects to become closer to their gods. Neil MacGregor finds five such devotional items

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