The BEST episodes directed by Peter Montagnan

Protest and Communication
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9.12
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#1 - Protest and Communication

Civilisation - Season 1 - Episode 6

Kenneth Clark investigates the Protestant Reformation in northern Europe. He looks at Holbein, Thomas Moore, Erasmus, the printing press and Dürer.

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The Great Thaw
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8.94
36 votes

#2 - The Great Thaw

Civilisation - Season 1 - Episode 2

In the second episode Clark tells of the sudden reawakening of European civilisation in the twelfth century . He traces it from its first manifestations in the Abbey of Cluny to its high point, the building of the Chartres cathedral.

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Grandeur and Obedience
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8.24
33 votes

#3 - Grandeur and Obedience

Civilisation - Season 1 - Episode 7

Sir Kenneth Clark presents one of the classic episodes of his history of the civilised culture of the western world. He examines the Catholic world in the 16th Century, especially the city of Rome which blossomed architecturally and sculpturally during the Counter Reformation under the hands of the baroque artist Bernini. This programme features the celebrated and stunning tracking shot through Raphael's Loggia.

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The Pursuit of Happiness
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8.16
32 votes

#4 - The Pursuit of Happiness

Civilisation - Season 1 - Episode 9

Here Clark talks of the harmonious flow and complex symmetries of the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart — and the reflection of these in the Rococo churches and palaces of Bavaria.

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The Worship of Nature
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7.16
32 votes

#5 - The Worship of Nature

Civilisation - Season 1 - Episode 11

Kenneth Clark examines a new force - the belief in the divinity of nature. This takes him 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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