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Civilisation

Civilisation

Civilisation

1969 1 Seasons 13 Episodes ⭐ 8.2 Documentary

Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.

Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Skin of Our Teeth

In this the first episode Clark travels from Byzantine Ravenna to the Celtic Hebrides, from the Norway of the Vikings to

EP 2

The Great Thaw

In the second episode Clark tells of the sudden reawakening of European civilisation in the twelfth century . He traces

EP 3

Romance and Reality

Beginning at a castle in the Loire, then travelling through the hills of Tuscany and Umbria to the cathedral baptistry a

EP 4

Man: The Measure of all Things

Visiting Florence, where, Clark argues, European thought gained a new impetus from its rediscovery of its classical past

EP 5

The Hero as Artist

Here Clark takes us back to 16th century Papal Rome noting the convergence of Christianity and antiquity. He discusses M

EP 6

Protest and Communication

Here Clark takes us back to the Reformation. That is to the Germany of Albrecht Duerer and Martin Luther, the world of t

EP 7

Grandeur and Obedience

Again in Rome of Michelangelo and Bernini, Clark tells of the Catholic Church's fight against the Protestant north, the

EP 8

The Light of Experience

Here Clark tells of new worlds in space and in a drop of water that the telescope and microscope revealed, and the new r

EP 9

The Pursuit of Happiness

Here Clark talks of the harmonious flow and complex symmetries of the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart — and th

EP 10

The Smile of Reason

Here Clark discusses the Age of Enlightenment tracing it from the polite conversations in the elegant Parisian salons of

EP 11

The Worship of Nature

Belief in the divinity of nature, Clark argues, usurped Christianity's position as the chief creative force in Western c

EP 12

The Fallacies of Hope

Here Clark argues that the French Revolution led to the dictatorship of Napoleon and the dreary bureaucracies of the nin

EP 13

Heroic Materialism

Clark concludes the series with his discussion of materialism and humanitarianism of the past century. This takes us fro

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