Matthew Collings :: This Is Civilisation ep.4 (2/6)

Episode 4: Uncertainty (2007)

Inspired by Lord Clark's landmark series, Civilisation, this four-part series follows artist and critic Matthew Collings as he makes a more personal selection of the greatest artistic moments and monuments of history.

From the ancient Greeks to modern times, Collings examines how they have shaped our world. In doing so, he is offering a unique perspective on today's social and political issues.

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[MrMikeludo]

@johncrotty11 I'm sure that there is no human being that possesses an intellect that is even in the same catagory as the intellectual giant that is yourself, as you can probably explain to the world that 2+2=tooty tooty, and too that Cubism is NOT the literal definition of pictorial "discord," and which is also the literal definition of "war." But not according to the intellectual giant which is yourself. Simpleton.

[johncrotty11]

@MrMikeludo Its pretty pointless reading your drivel. Had an education at all?

[MrMikeludo]

@topmoviemafia the exact same concept:  Picasso deviated from the concept of universal knowledge - the knowledge and intelligence AND 'view' that all of mankind can have in common of 'reality,' to impose his own personal view upon the world, and then said: you MUST conform to my own personal view. And, now, this is a defined good thing. It truly is astounding how dangerious a little bit of knowledge can be.

[MrMikeludo]

@topmoviemafia You are exactly correct. Isn't it amazing how they have the ability to convolute the concept. They claim Nazism affected absolute power to one man: Hitler, who imposed his 'distorted' view of reality: his love for defined 'chaos' - and 'discord,' upon the masses, and this was a very bad thing. In the exact nest breadth, they unabashedly embrace the exact same concept: Picasso - and his defined chaotic and discordant pictures. And too while Picasso had simply affected the...

[topmoviemafia]

ABSTRACT ART IS A FIRST RATE SHAM !!!!!

[keeperofthecheese]

Nazis: I HATE THOSE GUYS  :D

[uncleadolf]

1939? Jeez, basic fact checking channel 4, it was 1937. Given that the Entartete Kunst exhibit took place in Munich, why film in the 1936 Berlin olympic village area. Strange choice.