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The Fallacies of Hope

Episode 12 of 13

Kenneth Clark traces the progressive disillusionment of the artists of the Romantic movement during the 19th century.

'Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive', wrote Wordsworth of the early days of the French Revolution, but the storming of the Bastille led not to freedom but to the Terror, the dictatorship of Napoleon and the dreary bureaucracies of the 19th century.

Kenneth Clark traces the progressive disillusionment of the artists of the Romantic movement through the music of Beethoven, the poetry of Byron and the sculpture of Rodin.

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Mon 27 May 2024 22:00
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Writer Kenneth Clark
Narrator Kenneth Clark
Director Michael Gill
Producer Michael Gill
Producer Peter Montagnon

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