Basic Info

First Air: January 01, 1989

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 52

Last Episode

Name: Toward the Future

Season: 1, Episode: 52

Air Date: 1989-01-01

Runtime: 30 min

Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, energy, and matter all have an important effect on life in the 20th century.

The Western Tradition

1989 1 seasons 52 episodes

Overview

Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition.