Civilisations
‘The Triumph of Art’ Dir: Ashley Gething BBC
Think Renaissance and you think of Italy. But in the 15th and 16th centuries, the great Islamic empires experienced their own extraordinary cultural flowering.
“Indian education was the theme of a superb episode of Civilisations (BBC2), as art historian Simon Schama explored the flowering of Mughal culture from the walled city of Lahore to the splendour of the Taj Mahal. Unmissable”