Art historian James Fox tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with nature through the lens of some of the world’s most extraordinary artwork.
Episode 1
Out of Nature
James Fox uses art to explore how our ancient relationship with nature changed with the advent of farming, cities, and faiths, and how we tried to gain control over the natural world.
Episode 2
Understanding Nature
James Fox takes us from East Asia and India to Europe and America, charting the 1,000-year story about our quest to understand nature.
Episode 3
Future Nature
James Fox uses art to explore the relationship between humans and nature across the last hundred years.
Chetan Bhatt
Self
Kathy Willis
Self - Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford
James Fox
Self - Presenter
Melanie Challenger
Self - Writer
2020 · ★ 8.1
1983 · ★ 7.4
2019 · ★ 8.5
2022 · ★ 7.3
2021 · ★ 7.6
2021 · ★ 8.0
1982 · ★ 7.9
2006 · ★ 7.5
2016 · ★ 8.6
2019 · ★ 8.0
2020 · ★ 7.1
2017 · ★ 8.2
2020 · ★ 7.4
1986 · ★ 7.0
1969 · ★ 8.2
1979 · ★ 9.1
2021 · ★ 8.7
2023 · ★ 8.6
2025 · ★ 7.6
2006 · ★ 8.6
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