[Nateman]

If one wants a tremendous introduction to western art with an unapologetic view of the accomplishments of old, dead white men, go to YouTube and watch Kenneth Clark's Civilisation series the BBC aired in 1969. Art history as it should be taught.

I was going to say as much. I wasted a little bit of time reading a New Yorker article that praised the show while hating the ideas behind it. That alone is all one needs to know. See the first 5 minutes here.

[Verginius Rufus]

Kenneth Clark may not know how to spell “civilization” but he can speak about it very well.