Civilizations The Cult of Progress (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

Civilizations

The Cult of Progress (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

The world changed as it adopted the principles of Enlightenment -especially after the American and French revolutions- and was physically transformed by industrialization, stressing reason (science), technology and profit. Bonaparte's ...See moreThe world changed as it adopted the principles of Enlightenment -especially after the American and French revolutions- and was physically transformed by industrialization, stressing reason (science), technology and profit. Bonaparte's conquest of Egypt stirred the Western fascination for it and started an escapist fashion of Orientalism, albeit largely a fantasy version of a romanticized East, while colonies enabled continuous confrontations in reality, in Peruvian-French Gauguin's case a never-ending sequence of frustrations even on paradisiac Tahiti. As a substitute for the Ancient history of the Old World, art schools in the New were fascinated by native American cultures, landscape and wildlife. Photography would impose harsh, vulgar realism, pioneers deviated from traditional technique and POV to create new, less aesthetic styles like expressionism. Written by KGF Vissers See less

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for The Cult of Progress.

Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
David Olusoga Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	History of Now: The Story of the Noughties (2010)
Kevin Avery Self - Hunter College, NYC Self - Hunter College, NYC See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Nigel Borrell Self - Auckland Gallery Self - Auckland Gallery See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Gustave Caillebotte Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gallery America (2016)
Thomas Cole Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Otto Dix Self - Painter (archive footage) Self - Painter (archive footage) See fewer	Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2019)
Edgar Heap of Birds Self - Artist Self - Artist See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Hélène Fulgence Self - Curator, musée du quai Branly Self - Curator, musée du quai Branly See fewer	Arena (1975)
Salima Ikram Self - The American University in Cairo Self - The American University in Cairo See fewer	Luxor (2020)
Maya Jasanoff Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Henriata Nicholas Self - Ta Moko Artist Self - Ta Moko Artist See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Pablo Picasso Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Joachim Pissarro Self - Art Historian Self - Art Historian See fewer	Monet's Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny (2004)
Jacob August Riis Self - Photojournalist (archive footage) Self - Photojournalist (archive footage) See fewer
Shane Te Ruki Self - Community Leader Self - Community Leader See fewer	Civilizations (2018)
Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator (US version) (voice) (version: US) Self - Narrator (US version) (voice) (version: US) See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Hana Small Self - Descendant of Te Rangiotu Self - Descendant of Te Rangiotu See fewer	Civilizations (2018)