2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Civilisation Civilisation #4: #4: Man Man - The The The Measure Measure of of All All Things
Things
A visit to Florence, where European thought was given new impetus by the rediscovery of the classical
past. Our journey continues to the palaces of Urbino and Mantua, centers of Renaissance civilization.
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Civilisation Civilisation #5: #5: The The The Hero Hero as as Artist
Artist
Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci are featured in this episode which centers on Papal
Rome in the early 16th century.
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Civilisation Civilisation #6: #6: Protest Protest and and Communication
Communication
In this episode we investigate the Reformation and trace its impact from Erasmus, to the France of
Montaigne, to Shakespeare's Elizabethan England.
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Civilisation Civilisation #7: #7: Grandeur Grandeur and and Obedience
Obedience
Reformation and the reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant north, which is symbolized by the
new splendor of St. Peter's.
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Civilisation Civilisation #8: #8: The The Light Light of of Experience
Experience
Against the backdrop of the new worlds revealed by the telescope and the microscope, we look at the
realism of Dutch painting in its close observation of human character.
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Civilisation Civilisation #9: #9: The The Pursuit Pursuit Pursuit of of of Happiness
Happiness
This episode examines the nature of 18th century music and the way some of its characteristics are
reflected in architectural styles of the period.
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Civilisation Civilisation #10: #10: The The Smile Smile of of Reason Reason
Reason
We explore the roots of revolutionary politics by visiting the places where they were born - the salons of
18th century Paris, the palaces of Blenheim and Versailles, the city of Edinburgh and Thomas Jefferson's
Monticello.
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Civilisation Civilisation #11: The Worship of of Nature
Nature
Examining the rise of the belief in the divinity of nature we travel to Tintern Abbey and the Lake District of
Wordsworth, to the Swiss Alps and the ideas of Rousseau, and to the landscapes of Turner and
Constable.
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Civilisation Civilisation #12: #12: The The Fallacies Fallacies of of Hope
Hope
The progressive disillusionment of the artists of the Romantic movement traced through the music of
Beethoven, the poetry of Byron, the paintings of Gericault, and the sculpture of Rodin.
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