The Western Tradition
Overview
Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition.
First air date
01/01/1989
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Bonaparte: The Egyptian Campaign
Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
The Titans That Built America
Expedition with Steve Backshall
Days That Shocked the World
This is art
Raël: The Alien Prophet
Lorraine Kelly’s Norwegian Odyssey
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art
Le vrai pouvoir du Vatican
Countryfile
Bohové a proroci
Green Porno
Bible's Buried Secrets
And We Danced
Seksi-Suomen Historia
The War