The images surround us...

At 9 tonight, is the WPT series premiere of How Art Made the World at 9 p.m. The program is a documentary-styled show that comes to us from the BBC. Hosted by Cambridge University scholar Nigel Spivey, How Art Made the World is a fun and quirky examination of how imagery in the world around us affects our lives and connects to other societies throughout the ages who have surrounded themselves with similar images.

Tonight's episode takes a look at why humanity throughout the ages has used unrealistic images of the human body in much of their artwork.

Beyond the television program, Spivey offers personal insight into the show's various topics on the show's PBS Web site. And the New York Times discusses it in detail here. (Free registration required.)