DISCUSSION TOPIC: CIVILIZATIONS DOCUMENTARY SERIES


Some Questions

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Possible Starting Places

"Civilisations --Coming Soon To BBC Two," BBC, February 7, 2018:  A 6-minute trailer for the series.

Ben Luke, "Civilisations: How The BBC's New Series Takes On Kenneth Clark's Legacy," The Art Newspaper, February 27, 2018.

  Matthew Potter, "Civilisations: BBC Reboot Of Kenneth Clark's 1960s Classic Is More Diverse -- But Is It Less Challenging?," The Conversation, February 19, 2018.

  David Olusoga, "Civilisation Revisited," Guardian, February 4, 2018.

Civilisations, BBC:  The homepage for the series.


Reviews And News

  David Butcher, "What Went Wrong With BBC 2's Civilisations?," RadioTimes, April 26, 2018.

Hannah Furness, "Mary Beard 'Cut' From U.S. Version Of Civilisations, Fearing 'Slightly Creaky Old Lady Isn't Ideal For U.S. TV,'" Telegraphy, April 17, 2018.

  Sebastian Smee, "'Civilizations' Is The Most Ambitious Story About Art Ever Told On Television," Washington Post, April 16, 2018.

  Will Gompertz, "Will Gompertz Review: Civilisations On BBC Two," BBC News, March 3, 2018.

Peter Crawley, "Simon Schama In 'Civilisations': History Has Found Its Hype Man," Irish Times, March 2, 2018.

Melanie McDonagh, "BBC's Civilisations: Is The New Series As Good As The Original?," Evening Standard, February 28, 2018.

  Alex Nelson, "Civilisations: The BBC Documentary Series That's Been Three Years In The Making," The Scotsman, February 13, 2018.

  Mark Brown, "Civilisations: New BBC Series 'Goes To The Heart Of Human Creativity,'" Guardian, February 7, 2018.

Sherna Noah, "Simon Schama Says Programme Civilisations Was A 'Daunting' Challenge," Sunday Post, February 7, 2018.

George Gent, "Kenneth Clark Basks In 'Civilisation's' Success," New York Times, November 17, 1970.


Video Sources

"In Conversation With . . . Simon Schama, Mary Beard And David Olusoga On BBC Two's Civilisations Series," BFI, March 2, 2018.

"Western Reactions To The Benin Bronzes," Civilisations, BBC Two, April 10, 2018.

"From Hagia Sophia To Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul," Civilisations, BBC Two, March 23, 2018.

"What Are The Worshippers Worshipping?," Civilisations, BBC Two, March 30, 2018.

"Petra, Jordan," Civilisations, BBC Two, May 7, 2018.

"Purpose Built Monumental Statues Of The Pharaoh, Ancient Egypt," Civilisations, BBC Two, March 14, 2018.

"Second Moment Of Creation," Episode 1, Civilisations, BBC Two.

"The Triumph Of Art," Episode 5, Civilisations, BBC Two.


Websites

"Civilisations (TV Series)," Wikipedia:

"Civilisation (TV Series)," Wikipedia:

Civilizations, PBS:  The homepage for the American version of the series.

BBC Civilisations, Ashmolean:


Articles

  Samuel Gregg, "Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation' At 50," Catholic World Report (August 6, 2019).

Elinor Evans, "Mary Beard: 'I Couldn't Give A Toss What Roman Emperor Donald Trump Was Most Like' Plus 3 Other Things We Learned About Her," BBC History Extra (August 16, 2018).

  Roger Catlin, "A Curator's College Find Is Revisited In The New PBS Showcase 'Civilizations,'" Smithsonian (April 17, 2018).

Rachel Cooke, "Having Feared The Worst From The BBC's Civilisations Reboot, I Was Pleasantly Surprised," New Statesman (March 1, 2018).

  Morgan Meis, "The Seductive Enthusiasm Of Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation,'" New Yorker (December 21, 2016).

Martin Gayford, "Why The BBC Will Never Match Kenneth Clark's Civilisation," Spectator (May 17, 2014).

Michael Prodger, "In Defence Of Civilisation," History Today, 64 (August 2014): 7.


 

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