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Civilisation—in full, Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark—is a 1969 British television documentary series written and presented by the art historian Kenneth Clark. The thirteen programmes in the series outline the history of Western art , architecture and philosophy since the Dark Ages .
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Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster. His expertise covered a wide range of artists and periods, but he is particularly associated with Italian Renaissance art, most of all that of Leonardo da Vinci.
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Débray writes that the past century has seen a reversal of the previous order, where Europe was the centre of civilization to which the United States was a distant offshoot. Debray argues that American civilization forces an obsession with "space, image and happiness" upon Europe, suppressing a European focus on "time and writing", which leads ...
The full title of the series is "Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark", otherwise it's just called "Civilisation". I would probably propose it be moved to Civilisation (TV series), but it would be good to have a second opinion before moving it. Bob talk 14:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC) I support a move to Civilisation (TV series).
Western civilization describes the development of human civilization beginning in ancient Greece, transforming in ancient Rome, and spreading throughout Europe while evolving into medieval Christendom, receding at the same time in North Africa and the Middle East.
Covering European history from roughly 800 AD to 1900 AD, it is the first formal analysis and theory of civilization. Elias proposes a double sociogenesis of the state: the social development of the state has two sides, mental and political. The civilisation process that Elias describes results in a profound change in human behaviour.