Simon Schama looks at the formative role art and the creative imagination have played in the forging of humanity itself. Show more
Mary Beard explores images of the human body in ancient art, from Mexico and Greece to Egypt and China. Show more
Simon Schama explores the depiction of nature. Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature. Show more
Professor Mary Beard explores the controversial topic of religion and art. How, and at what cost, do different religions make the unseen visible? Show more
Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances. Show more
