Civilisation - Series 1: 2. The Great Thaw

Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.

Kenneth Clark travels to France and Italy to capture the spirit of the later Middle Ages.

Kenneth Clark continues his reflections on civilisation with a look at Renaissance man.

Kenneth Clark looks at artists Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.

Lord Clark looks at the upheavals of the Reformation.

Sir Kenneth Clark visits Rome where he examines the Catholic world in the 16th Century.

Kenneth Clark looks at the Holland of Rembrandt and the London of Purcell and Wren.

Kenneth Clark looks at the influence of 18th-century music on rococo architecture.

A look at the beginnings of revolutionary politics in the 18th century.

Kenneth Clark examines the belief in the divinity of nature.

Kenneth Clark traces the progressive disillusionment of Romantic movement artists.

Kenneth Clark considers heroic materialism and humanitarianism in the past 100 years.