S1E10:The Smile of Reason

27 Apr 196949 minTV-G

Kenneth Clark looks at the history of revolutionary politics during the 18th century and its effect on civilization. The Age of Enlightenment began as polite conversations in elegant Parisian salons but resulted in fervent revolutionary politics. Clark travels from great palaces like Blenheim and Versailles, via Edinburgh, and to the hills of Virginia where Thomas Jefferson.