From the heads of Roman Emperors to the 'blood head' of contemporary British artist Marc Quinn, the greatest figures in world sculpture have continually turned to the head to re-evaluate what it means to be human and to reformulate how closely sculpture can capture it. Witty, eclectic and insightful, this film is a journey through the most enduring subject for world sculpture, one that carves a path through politics and religion, the ancient and the modern. Actor David Thewlis has his head sculpted by three different sculptors, while the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, artist Maggi Hambling and art critic Rachel Johnston discuss art's most enduring preoccupation, ourselves.

David Thewlis
Self

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988

Roundabout Art
Roundabout Art

Sculpture
Sculpture

Still Life: Ron Mueck at Work
Still Life: Ron Mueck at Work

Giacometti
Giacometti

High Maintenance
High Maintenance

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405

Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

13 figures de Sarah Beauchesne au 71, rue Blanche
13 figures de Sarah Beauchesne au 71, rue Blanche

The Studio of Sofía Fernández Díaz
The Studio of Sofía Fernández Díaz

I'll See You Again
I'll See You Again

Vlavianos: Impulse and Reason
Vlavianos: Impulse and Reason