Art
A History of the World in 100 Objects - objects related to Art.
Hokusai's The Great Wave—Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
Neil MacGregor with a familiar image - Hokusai's The Great Wave.
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Olmec Stone Mask—The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
Neil MacGregor's history of the world tells of a forgotten people of ancient Mexico.
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Ife head—Status Symbols (1200 - 1400 AD)
Neil MacGregor with a magnificent brass head from the African city of Ife.
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Double-headed serpent—The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD)
Neil MacGregor with one of the stars of the British Museum - an Aztec serpent
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Durer's Rhinoceros—The Threshold of the Modern World (1375-1550 AD)
Neil MacGregor with Durer's extraordinary image of a rhino - an animal he had never seen.
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The David Vases—Status Symbols (1200 - 1400 AD)
Neil MacGregor - and the transformation of ordinary clay into beautiful Chinese porcelain.
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Hockney's In the Dull Village—The World of Our Making (1914 - 2010 AD)
Neil MacGregor considers the state of human rights - with a David Hockney print.
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Throne of Weapons—The World of Our Making (1914 - 2010 AD)
Neil MacGregor with an African throne - made from decommissioned guns.
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Shadow Puppet of Bima—Tolerance and Intolerance (AD 1550-1700)
Neil MacGregor explores religion and politics in South East Asia through a shadow puppet.
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Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur + Lapith—The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
Neil MacGregor with some of the world's most disputed objects - the Parthenon sculptures
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Jade bi—Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)
Neil MacGregor with an object from the 18th-century Chinese Enlightenment - a jade disc
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Miniature of a Mughal Prince—Tolerance and Intolerance (AD 1550-1700)
Neil MacGregor with a miniature painting from Mughal India.
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Ceremonial ballgame belt—Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (1 - 600 AD)
Neil MacGregor discovers the oldest ball game on earth.
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Swimming Reindeer—Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)
Neil MacGregor investigates how humanity's development is reflected in the things it makes
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