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friend!  Nigel Spivey presents How Art Made The World  How Art
Made The World - part of a rich summer of arts on BBC Television
How Art Made The World - new BBC TWO series starting in May
Other arts programming on BBC Television this summer  What links
the Hello Boys! Wonderbra campaign, Michelangelo's David and a
35,000 year old stone statuette?  The answer is a fascinating
revelation about how and why human beings create images.  This
May on BBC TWO, How Art Made The World tells the epic story of
how the images that we surround ourselves with today come from a
world that is thousands of years old.  Presented by
archaeologist, art historian and classicist Dr Nigel Spivey, the
series investigates the far-reaching impact ancient art has had
on contemporary society.  Encompassing everything from cave
paintings to ceramics, py