Civilisation

Season 1 • Episode 11: The Worship of Nature • Watch with subtitles

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The Worship of Nature

Episode 11: The Worship of Nature

May 4, 1969 • 50 min

Belief in the divinity of nature, Clark argues, usurped Christianity's position as the chief creative force in Western civilisation and ushered in the Romantic movement. Here Clark visits Tintern Abbey, the Alps, and there discusses the landscapes of Turner and Constable.

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