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Civilisation

Civilisation

1969 ★ 8.2 1 Seasons Documentary

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Overview

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.

Episodes

Seasons 1

Seasons 1

The Skin of Our Teeth

S01E01 1969-02-23

The Skin of Our Teeth

In this the first episode Clark travels from Byzantine Ravenna to the Celtic Hebrides, from the Nor...

The Great Thaw

S01E02 1969-03-02

The Great Thaw

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

Romance and Reality

S01E03 1969-03-09

Romance and Reality

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

Man: The Measure of all Things

S01E04 1969-03-16

Man: The Measure of all Things

Visiting Florence, where, Clark argues, European thought gained a new impetus from its rediscovery...

The Hero as Artist

S01E05 1969-03-23

The Hero as Artist

Here Clark takes us back to 16th century Papal Rome noting the convergence of Christianity and anti...

Protest and Communication

S01E06 1969-03-30

Protest and Communication

Here Clark takes us back to the Reformation. That is to the Germany of Albrecht Duerer and Martin L...

Grandeur and Obedience

S01E07 1969-04-06

Grandeur and Obedience

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

The Light of Experience

S01E08 1969-04-13

The Light of Experience

Here Clark tells of new worlds in space and in a drop of water that the telescope and microscope re...

The Pursuit of Happiness

S01E09 1969-04-20

The Pursuit of Happiness

Here Clark talks of the harmonious flow and complex symmetries of the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn...

The Smile of Reason

S01E10 1969-04-27

The Smile of Reason

Here Clark discusses the Age of Enlightenment tracing it from the polite conversations in the elega...

The Worship of Nature

S01E11 1969-05-04

The Worship of Nature

Belief in the divinity of nature, Clark argues, usurped Christianity's position as the chief creati...

The Fallacies of Hope

S01E12 1969-05-11

The Fallacies of Hope

Here Clark argues that the French Revolution led to the dictatorship of Napoleon and the dreary bur...

Heroic Materialism

S01E13 1969-05-18

Heroic Materialism

Clark concludes the series with his discussion of materialism and humanitarianism of the past centu...

Cast

Kenneth Clark

Kenneth Clark

Himself - Host

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