Civilisation — Season 1, Episode 4: Man: The Measure of all Things
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 13 episodes • ★ 8.2/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Civilisation
Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.