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.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
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 → Machiavelli, Nicolo, 1469-1527
History → Navigation - History
History → North America - History
History → United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
Literature → Printing - History
People → Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour