Civilisation: The Complete Series

Civilisation: The Complete Series
Description:

The eminent art historian Sir Kenneth Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Western European culture, defining what he considered to be the crucial phases of its development. Civilisation: A Personal View by Lord Clark would be more than two years in the making, with filming in over 100 locations across 13 countries. The lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first transmitted in 1969.

Here are some examples of what you can expect to learn about...

Episode 1: "The Skin of Our Teeth"
The collapse of civilizations. Works of art in civilization. The Viking ships. The Apollo. Status of civilizations by their art. Expressions of an ideal. The aqueduct. Gibbon's The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire. Enemies of civilization such as fear, the supernatural and boredom. Confidence. The exhaustion of the Greek and Roman empire. Barbarian invaders. Christian Roman Empire. Islam. Christianity in Ireland. Pagans. Dark ages. Anglo-Saxons. Gold. Craftsmanship. Iona. Celtic designs for the illiterate. Book of Kells. The Norsemen. The Vikings. Vikings in Persia. The Franks. Charlemagne. Writing and reading. Byzantine Empire. Holy Roman Empire. The problem of static absolute power such as Egypt. Lothar Cross. The crucifixion as a new 10th century symbol.

Episode 2: "The Great Thaw"
Periods of intensification of existence. Canterbury cathedral. Durham cathedral. Confidence in construction. Ecclesiastical power and internationality. Cluny Abbey. Bernard of Clairvaux. Cistercian style. Monasticism. Pilgramages to Jerusalem. The crusades. Sainte-Foy of Conques. Romanesque art. Peter Abalard. Vézelay Abbey. The Basilica of Saint Denis. Abbot Suger and the concept that the dull mind rises to the absolute through sensing the material world. Gothic architecture. Cathedral of Chartres. Cult of the virgin. Chartres sculptures based on Greek influence. Flying buttress. Stained glass.

Episode 3: "Romance and Reality"
Medieval times (Middle ages). Lady of the unicorn tapestry. Cathedral of Chartres. Courtly love. Feudalism. The Madonnas. Roman de la Rose. Boethius. Tristan und Isolde. Duke of Berry. Nature in art. Francis of Assisi. Giotto. Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi. Rejection of the cult of poverty. Church banking. Capitalism. Palazzo Pubblico, the town hall of Siena. Giotto and spacial dimensions in paintings. Dante. Baptistry of Pisa.

Episode 4: "Man the Measure of All Things"
Florence. Protagoras. Pazzi Chapel. Brunelleschi. The architecture of humanism. Dawn of the Renaissance architecture. Leonardo Bruni. Francesco Petrarca. San Marco. Perspective. Open air markets. The spirit of criticism. The statue of David by Donatello. Busts. Death masks. Leone Battista Alberti. Donatello's equestrian statue of Gattamelata. Realistic portraits. Jan van Eyck. Selling our labour and goods just transferred. Lorenzo de medici. Birth of Venus. Neoplatonism. Urbino. Raphael. The Prince by Machiavelli. The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano). Mantua. Adoration of the lamb. Venetian painting. Giorgione. Hamlet. The problem of social separation during the Renaissance.

Episode 5: "The Hero as Artist"
Rome. Vatican. Popes and civilization. Pope Julius II. Old Saint Peters. Apollo Belvedere. Andrea Mantegna. Triumphs of Caesar. Verrocchio. Michelangelo. Sistine Chapel ceiling. Raphael. The School of Athens. Leonardo da Vinci.

In later episodes Clark discusses the reformation, Shakespeare, the counter-reformation, St. Peter's, the telescope, the microscope, Dutch paintings, music from Bach, Handel, Mozart, the age of enlightenment, Voltaire, Jefferson, the worship of nature, romanticism, the Alps, Turner, Constable, the French revolution Napoleon, Beethoven, Byron, Delacroix, Rodin before rounding up with modern materialism, cities, skyscrapers, New York, science, Brunel, Rutherford, Wilberforce, Shaftsbury and space exploration.



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