Bernini

Civilisation episode 7 – Grandeur and Obedience: Sir Kenneth Clark presents one of the classic episodes of his history of the civilised culture of the western world. 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. This programme features the celebrated and stunning tracking shot through Raphael’s Loggia.     Kenneth Clark’s classic 1969 series tracing the history of Western art and philosophy.   Civilisation episode 7 – Grandeur and Obedience   The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic […]