The Hero as Artist

The Hero as Artist

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S1 E5: Kenneth Clark continues his personal reflections on the history of civilization with a look at Papal Rome in the early 16th century. Three great artists, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci, are identified by Clark as 'Individuals of Genius'. He then journeys through the gardens and courtyards of the Vatican, to the rooms decorated for the Pope by Raphael, and to the Sistine Chapel.