Civilisations episode 9 – The Vital Spark<br />In Civilisations episode 9, Simon Schama begins Civilisations with this premise: that it is in art - the play of the creative imagination - that humanity expresses its most essential self: the power to break the tyranny of the humdrum, the grind of everyday. Art, then, makes life worth living; it is the great window into human potential. And societies become civilised to the extent that they take culture as seriously as the prosecution of power, or the accumulation of wealth.<br />More at:<br />https://hdclump.com/category/art/<br />https://hdclump.com/tag/great-artists/<br />https://hdclump.com/tag/paintings/<br />https://hdclump.com/tag/art/
