Episode 3 surveys the development of western civilization during the 13th century. Depicts a world of chivalry, courtesy, and romance as evidenced in the emergence of courtly love as the ultimate in aesthetic and ascetic devotion, and as reflected in the poetry of Dante, and the Anjou tapestries. Points out the spiritual happiness of the period as seen in the life of St. Francis and in the work, the little flowers (50 min.). Episode 4 covers the 15th century works of Botticelli, Masaccio, Giorgioni, Van Eyck, and Alberti (50 min.).
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