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Civilisation Season 1 · Episode 4

Man: The Measure of all Things

16th March 1969 50 mins Season 1 Episode 4

Visiting Florence, where, Clark argues, European thought gained a new impetus from its rediscovery of its classical past. He also visits the palaces at Urbino and Mantua, other centres of (Renaissance) civilisation.

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Season 1 · Episode 5

The Hero as Artist

Here Clark takes us back to 16th century Papal Rome noting the convergence of Christianity and antiquity. He discusses Michelangelo, Raphael, and da Vinci, the courtyards of the Vatican, the rooms decorated for the Pope by Raphael, and the Sistine Chapel.
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Kenneth Clark
Kenneth Clark
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