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Civilisation - 2. The Great Thaw
Civilisation
2. The Great Thaw
Kenneth Clark traces the reawakening of European civilisation in the 12th century.
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48 mins
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8:15pm 2 Mar 1969
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1. The Skin of Our Teeth
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.
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2. The Great Thaw
3. Romance and Reality
Kenneth Clark travels to and Italy to capture the spirit of the later Middle Ages.
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4. Man: The Measure of All Things
Kenneth Clark continues his reflections on civilisation with a look at Renaissance man.
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5. The Hero as Artist
Kenneth Clark looks at artists Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.
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6. Protest and Communication
Lord Clark looks at the upheavals of the Reformation.
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7. Grandeur and Obedience
Sir Kenneth Clark visits Rome where he examines the Catholic world in the 16th Century.
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8. The Light of Experience
Kenneth Clark looks at the Holland of Rembrandt and the London of Purcell and Wren.
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9. The Pursuit of Happiness
Kenneth Clark looks at the influence of 18th-century music on rococo architecture.
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10. The Smile of Reason
A look at the beginnings of revolutionary politics in the 18th century.
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11. The Worship of Nature
Kenneth Clark examines the belief in the divinity of nature.
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12. The Fallacies of Hope
Kenneth Clark traces the progressive disillusionment of Romantic movement artists.
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13. Heroic Materialism
Kenneth Clark considers heroic materialism and humanitarianism in the past 100 years.
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