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Civilisation: A Personal View/ by Kenneth Clark

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1969.Edition: Reprinted in 1987Description: xviii, 359 p., 49 plates. illus. (some col.), facsims., plan, ports. (some col.) 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0563085444
  • 9780563085447
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.03 CLA 23 4496
LOC classification:
  • CB68 .C55 1969
Contents:
Disc 1, program 1. The skin of our teeth / directed by Michael Gill. Program 2. The great thaw / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 3. Romance and reality / directed by Michael Gill. Program 4. Man : the measure of all things / directed by Ann Turner disc 2, program 5. The hero as artist / directed by Michael Gill. Program 6. Protest and communication / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 7. Grandeur and obedience / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 8. The light of experience / directed by Michael Gill disc 3, program 9. The pursuit of happiness / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 10. The smile of reason / directed by Michael Gill. Program 11. The worship of nature / directed by Peter Montagnon and Ann Turner. Program 12. The fallacies of hope / directed by Michael Gill disc 4, program 13. Heroic materialism / directed by Michael Gill. Special features
Summary: A sweeping survey of Western civilization tracing the interaction between man and art, philosophy, literature, music, and architecture between the fourth and twentieth centuries. Kenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation. The author takes us from Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these historical backgrounds he sketches an extraordinary cast of characters -- the men and women who gave new energy to civilisation and expanded our understanding of the world and of ourselves. He also highlights the works of genius they produced -- in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, and in science and engineering, from Raphael's School of Athens to the bridges of Brunel.
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Book Marium Abdulla Library Non-Ref Admin 709.03 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 19029
Book Marium Abdulla Library Non-Ref Liberal Arts 709.03 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4496
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Special features: Sir David Attenborough remembers the making of Civilisation, photo gallery of behind-the-scenes stills, booklet (36 p. : ill. (some col.))
"Aspect ratio 4:3"--Container
"Disc format 3xDVD9 + 1xDVD5"--Container
"Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc."--Disc label
Booklet by Marcus Hearn inserted in container

Disc 1, program 1. The skin of our teeth / directed by Michael Gill. Program 2. The great thaw / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 3. Romance and reality / directed by Michael Gill. Program 4. Man : the measure of all things / directed by Ann Turner
disc 2, program 5. The hero as artist / directed by Michael Gill. Program 6. Protest and communication / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 7. Grandeur and obedience / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 8. The light of experience / directed by Michael Gill
disc 3, program 9. The pursuit of happiness / directed by Peter Montagnon. Program 10. The smile of reason / directed by Michael Gill. Program 11. The worship of nature / directed by Peter Montagnon and Ann Turner. Program 12. The fallacies of hope / directed by Michael Gill
disc 4, program 13. Heroic materialism / directed by Michael Gill. Special features

A sweeping survey of Western civilization tracing the interaction between man and art, philosophy, literature, music, and architecture between the fourth and twentieth centuries.
Kenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation. The author takes us from Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these historical backgrounds he sketches an extraordinary cast of characters -- the men and women who gave new energy to civilisation and expanded our understanding of the world and of ourselves. He also highlights the works of genius they produced -- in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, and in science and engineering, from Raphael's School of Athens to the bridges of Brunel.

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