DESCRIPTION:
The first episode asks why humans surround themselves with images of the body that are so unrealistic.[4][5]
How Art Made the World
Genre Documentary
Presented by Nigel Spivey
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Executive producer(s) Kim Thomas
Producer(s) Mark Hedgecoe
Running time 60 minutes
Distributor BBC
Original run 26 June 2005 -- 24 July 2005

How Art Made The World is a 2005 five-part BBC One documentary series, with each episode looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society.[1][2]

The second episode asks how the very first pictures ever made were created and reveals how images may have triggered the greatest change in human history.[4][10]

I could draw almost anything in the world and you'd probably guess what it was, But there must have been some point in our human story when we first got this ability, some moment in time when we began to create pictures and to understand what they meant. So what happened back then? How did we first get this ability to create images? To find the answer, we need to go way back in time.
—Nigel Spivey's opening narration