S1E7: Grandeur and Obdience
Civilisation
6 Apr 196949 minTV-G
Sir Kenneth Clark continues his history of the civilized culture of Europe. 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. But as these wild imaginations were allowed to flourish, artists struggled to find a new direction.