WQED

Paradise on Earth

In Islamic architecture, landscapes reflect a mastery over the natural world.

Albrecht Altdorfer sidesteps religious conflict by using nature.

In Li Cheng's landscape art escapes the natural world.

Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.

Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.

Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.