Civilisation: 10-Smile of Reason, Pt. I

Duration: 26 min

Creator: Time-Life

Color: color

Description: Shows Eighteenth Century political paintings of David, the salons of De Troy, and the sculptures of Houdon all reflecting the optimism of Voltaire and the Encyclopedists who would "advance mankind by conquering ignorance." Points out that with notable exceptions this was an age happy in its belief that, through reason and moderation, the millenium was at hand.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)