The human body in art: The body divine – Part 1 of 2

Dance theatre
Dance theatre (© teo_ladodicivideo)

From a very early stage, man began to put human form to the gods he worshipped. The first part of this two-part series focuses on three periods in history when the human body was used to represent divinity: early Egypt, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Producer: Dheera Sujan

Broadcast: March 18, 2001