Kenneth Clark follows the path of civilization.

Simon Schama of 'The History of Britain' fame examines great works of art and the acts of creation that brought them into being.

Sister Wendy visits America's art museums.

One of the most far-reaching and thought-provoking conversations ever recorded.

The lost Minoan civilization of Crete. In addition, Bettany Hughes made 'Helen of Troy,' about the face that launched a thousand ships and inspired a tale we still read today.

Athen's mirror image in Greece. A splendid documentary.

Ancient Rome, Classical Greece and Renaissance Italy have molded and shaped the world that we live in. All of us who live in the West are their children.

Karen Armstrong's examination of monotheism.

The religions that have influenced all of us. As always, PBS is insufferably politically correct when it comes to Islam.

One small island nation, 'a sceptred isle, set in the silver sea,' has shaped the world more than any other.

The man who almost remade the world and nearly unified Europe a century-and-a-half before the European Union. His Napoleonic Code still holds sway in much of the world.

'Liberte, egalite, fraternite,' and a lot of heads rolling in a bloodbath that was to be the shape of things to come in our own 20th Century.

Michael Wood looks at world civilizations from the past.

Recreates the buildings and places that existed in the past.

Ancient cities brought to life.

An illustration that pursuit of an aesthetic ideal can go wrong in a very big way. For a biography of the greatest film talent of the Third Reich, watch 'The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl.'

Architectural and engineering triumphs from the Eiffel Tower to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Josh Bernstein is obviously in love with Josh Bernstein and hell-bent on displacing Michael Wood as archaeology's male sex symbol. Still, in its pumped-up testosterone, extreme-guy way, it is a fun exploration of archaeology. Also, see 'Digging for the Truth Season 2.'

Thorough study of Picasso, the man and the art. From France to America, for a witty look at Andy Warhol, see 'The Life & Times of Andy Warhol--Superstar.'

Well-crafted BBC TV plays of the lives of Henry VIII & Elizabeth I who transformed England through the Protestant Reformation. Also, see the David Starkey DVD's on these same monarchs.