The Western tradition | Metropolitan Museum of Art | ACMI collection

An absorbing survey of more than 2,000 years of Western civilisation giving students an educational foundation that will serve through college and beyond and providing adults with a chance to discover the history that has shaped our modern world. This encyclopaedic series is illustrated with over 2,700 paintings, sculptures and other records of the past compiled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Eloquent historian Eugen Weber guides the viewer through centuries of politics, literature, economics, industry, agriculture, art, philosophy and the daily lives of ordinary people.

Works in this group

The American republic

United States, 1989

The American revolution

United States, 1989

The Renaissance & the new world

United States, 1989

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Metropolitan Museum of Art

WGBH Educational Foundation

Production places

United States

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

S01232

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → America - Discovery and exploration

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Navigation - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and society

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Renaissance

Crafts & Visual Arts → Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440

Crafts & Visual Arts → Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564

Crafts & Visual Arts → Printing - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Renaissance

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Humanism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Machiavelli, Nicolo, 1469-1527

History → America - Discovery and exploration

History → Europe - History - 15th century

History → Europe - History - 16th century

History → Humanism

History → Machiavelli, Nicolo, 1469-1527

History → Navigation - History

History → North America - History

History → Printing - History

History → Renaissance

History → United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783

History → World history

Literature → Printing - History

People → Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440

People → Machiavelli, Nicolo, 1469-1527

People → Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

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