S1E11 · The Worship of Nature

The Worship of Nature

S1E11 · 1969-05-04 · 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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