Civilisation: A Personal View

Categories: History

Based on his landmark BBC television series, Kenneth Clark surveys Western civilization from the Dark Ages to the early twentieth century through its art, architecture and ideas. In thirteen chapters, Clark moves from the monasteries that preserved learning after the fall of Rome through the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Romantic era. He asks what makes a civilization and what threatens it, using paintings, buildings and music to show how human creativity has flourish…

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