How Art Made the World Season 1 Episode 3

The Art of Persuasion

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Season 1 Episode 3

Nigel Spivey discusses how rulers throughout history have used images to advance their own political ends, examining the artwork created by ancient kings and emperors to influence their people. His journey takes him from Stonehenge, where he discovers the first leader in Britain to use art for self-promotion, to the propaganda methods of Alexander the Great, before revealing the earliest evidence of a ruler deceiving his subjects through the power of imagery