Civilisation: The complete series
Clark, Kenneth2005
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Kenneth Clarke's eloquent and deeply personal documentary series exploring the cultural heritage of the western world, from the collapse of the Roman Empire until the birth of modernism, was groundbreaking television when first broadcast by the BBC in 1969. With its use of exotic locations, and its engaging presenter with his idiosyncratic style, it influenced much of what was to follow. Progressing from the cultural effects of feudalism in medieval Europe to the birth of the Renaissance in fifteenth-century Florence, from revolutionary politics in France after 1789 to the growth of materialism in artistic and scientific discourse, Clarke did not just examine 'art', but wanted to reveal the spiritual and humanistic motives behind its creation. Includes all 13 episodes.
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Imprint:
BBC Worldwide, 2005.
Collation:
1 videodisc (650 min.) : col.
Notes:
Full frame Mono soundtrack.Made in 1969.Boxed.BBCDVD1607.
Credits:
Credits: presenter, Kenneth Clarke.
Audience:
BBFC code: E.
Contents:
Directed by Michael Gill and Peter MontagnonIncludes a specially written 36 page illustrated booklet of viewing notes to accompany this DVD.
ISBN:
BX00005366 (invalid)
Dewey class:
700.94
Language:
English
Index terms:
Historical films -- DVDs
BRN:
1676232
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