This Is Civilisation

Artist and critic Mathew Collings embarks on an epic journey to explore the changing ways in which the cultures of the past – from the ancient Greeks to modern times – have shaped our civilisation. He’s searching for moments in the history of art where the art illustrates fantastic civilizational leaps, where the very ideas of who we are changed, and new ideas of our human potential came up. This is a history of civilisation through the art it has left behind.