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Civilisation Episodes

  1.

    Heroic Materialism

    13/13 Kenneth Clark considers heroic materialism and humanitarianism in the past 100 years.

  2. The Fallacies of Hope

    12/13 Kenneth Clark traces the progressive disillusionment of Romantic movement artists.

  3. The Worship of Nature

    11/13 Kenneth Clark examines the belief in the divinity of nature.

  4. The Smile of Reason

    10/13 A look at the beginnings of revolutionary politics in the 18th century.

  5. The Pursuit of Happiness

    9/13 Kenneth Clark looks at the influence of 18th-century music on rococo architecture.

  6. The Light of Experience

    8/13 Kenneth Clark looks at the Holland of Rembrandt and the London of Purcell and Wren.

  7. Grandeur and Obedience

    7/13 Sir Kenneth Clark visits Rome where he examines the Catholic world in the 16th Century.

  8. Protest and Communication

    6/13 Lord Clark looks at the upheavals of the Reformation.

  9. The Hero as Artist

    5/13 Kenneth Clark looks at artists Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.

  10. Man: The Measure of All Things

    4/13 Kenneth Clark continues his reflections on civilisation with a look at Renaissance man.

  11. Romance and Reality

    3/13 Kenneth Clark travels to France and Italy to capture the spirit of the later Middle Ages.

  12. The Great Thaw

    2/13 Kenneth Clark looks at the reawakening of European civilisation in the 12th century.

  13. The Skin of Our Teeth

    1/13 Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.