BBC“電視史上的里程碑”，當(dāng)代藝術(shù)歷史最具雄心壯志的紀(jì)錄片拍攝工作，由著名藝術(shù)歷史學(xué)家克拉克爵士擔(dān)任編劇與主持，探討西歐文明，而爵士更在本片中界定了人類文明發(fā)展中的幾個重要階段。《文明的軌跡》歷時兩年才拍攝完畢，劇組跨越13個國家，曾走訪百多個城市拍攝，本紀(jì)錄片首年播出時更被喻為電視史上的代表作。克拉克爵士引人入勝的對白，再加上歐洲地標(biāo)動人畫面，帶領(lǐng)我們探索自羅馬帝國淪亡至工業(yè)革命用其后的文明發(fā)展。這種通過藝術(shù)、音樂來呈現(xiàn)歷史觀點的做法，成為日后無數(shù)紀(jì)錄片看齊并努力超越的基準(zhǔn)。
　　"Kenneth Clark's sumptuous,magisterial,one-man servey of the achievements of bumanistic civilisation is a TV landmark" The daily mail
　　In 1966 BBC Television embarked on its most ambitious documentary series to date.The eminent art historian Lord Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Western Eyuopean culture,defining what he considered to be the crucial phases of its development.Civilisation:A personal View by Lord Clark would be more than two years in the making,with filming in over 100 locations across 13 countries.The lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first transmitted in 1969.
　　From the fall of the Roman Empire to the Industrial Revolution and beyond,Clark's compelling narrative is accompanied by breathtaking colour photography of Europe's grearest landmarks.This "history of ideas as illustrated by art and music'remains the benchmark for the numerous programmes it inpired.
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　　大衛(wèi)·艾登堡祿爵士回憶《文明的軌跡》制作過程 Sir David Attenborough remembers the making of Civilisation
　　劇相館 Photo gallery of behind-the-scenes stills