The Western tradition. Programs 27-28 [videorecording] / produced by WGBH/Boston in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; executive producer, Fred Barzyk.
Lectures heard on PBS covering the origins of Western civilization. Traces the development in politics, economics, industry, agriculture, art, and philosophy in daily life from Egypt through current day. VHS. Lecturer, Eugen Weber.
Contents:
Program 27: The Reformation (29:00) -- Program 28: The rise of the middle class (26:00).
Summary:
Program 27. Discusses the Reformation and the four factors that attributed to it: 1) a need to secure obedience, 2) the need for economic control, 3) the need to reinforce politics from a local to a national level, and 4) the need of the state to have religious control. Program 28. Covers the rise of the middle class, and the relation to the reformation. Explores the growth of printing and its effects, and the move of artists to secular subjects.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)20666917
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.