Civilisations - Season 1 - Eps 8: The Cult of Progress
Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
About Civilisations
Title: Civilisations
First Air Date: 2018-04-17
Last Air Date: 2018-07-03
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 12 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 9
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Nutopia, BBC, PBS
Synopsis
The story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day—for the first time on a global scale. Inspired by Civilisation, Kenneth Clark’s acclaimed landmark 1969 series about Western art, this series broadens the canvas to reveal the role art and the creative imagination have played across multiple cultures and civilizations.
Cast
Liev Schreiber
Narrator
Simon Schama
self
Jamal J. Elias
self
