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Civilisations

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Civilisations - Season 1 Episode 2 How Do We Look?


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60 minutes 2025 HD

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Explore the many functions of the human image in art. Portraits, paintings and sculptures, both life-size and colossal, perform a role—assuaging loss, expressing strength, inspiring fear—and were instrumental in depicting the human body today.

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