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During his long and varied career, English art historian Kenneth M. Clark (1903-1983) served as director of the British National Gallery and of Britain's first commercial television network. He also h...
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In the following review, Godfrey provides a comparison of three architectural history books, and The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste by Clark does not receive a favorable review.
Hist...
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In the following review, Luckett offers a detailed account of Clark's The Romantic Rebellion and proclaims it to be more entertaining than informative.
According to Lord Clark: “Televisi...
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In the following essay, Dick claims a distinct enjoyment in Kenneth Clark's autobiography, Another Part of the Wood: A Self Portrait, however, in the end she refuses to be seduced by his charm....
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In the following essay, Morris declares that Clark's Animals and Men: Their Relationship as Reflected in Western Art from Prehistory to the Present Day is a lovely and insightful book, but ques...
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In the following review, the critic declares the second volume of Clark's autobiographical series, The Other Half: A Self Portrait, to be delightful and captivating.
This sequel [The Other Half...
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In the following review, Cahn characterizes Clark's An Introduction to Rembrandt as “insightful” and “elegant.”
Shunning both biographical romanticism and purely for...
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In the following review, Riley provides a brief summary of Clark's Feminine Beauty as well as general praise for the art critic.
In this work [Feminine Beauty], intended only as an introduction...
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In the following essay, Nead describes the eighth edition of Clark's The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art as a book which studies the art of the nude from Greek antiquity to European modernism, and g...
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In the following review, Moore proclaims Clark's 1969 BBC television series, Civilisation, to be rightfully popular even in its 1993 rerun;.however, the critic suggests the creation of such a p...
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In the following review, Hill praises Clark's reflections and ideas, as well as his ability to describe landscape paintings with simple terms in Landscape into Art.
A critical approach to any p...
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In the following review, Bell proclaims Clark to be the best man to teach the English youth to care for the arts and praises his book, Landscape into Art.
Skillfully manipulated as they have been, the...
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In the following review, Fremantle artfully chronicles Clark's Landscape Painting through the centuries.
The beauty of God, Aquinas states, is the cause of the being of all that is. This is a t...
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In the following review, Stokes recounts several highlights throughout Clark's Piero della Francesca and characterizes the book as magnificent, meticulous, and vivid.
The reader who loves Piero...
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In the following review, Denvir presents background on Clark's life and career, and pronounces Clark's Piero Della Francesca to be the authority on the artist.
Sir Kenneth Clark is an al...
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In the following review, the critic reviews Clark's Looking at Pictures, a book of sixteen essays, each of which studies a picture and its relation to the painter and the time period.
Kenneth C...
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In the following review, Salvesen declares the third edition of Clark's The Gothic Revival to be “concise” and “informative.”
Sir Kenneth Clark's study [The G...
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In the following review, Beale praises the text and presentation of Clark's Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance.
This scholarly study [Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance] provides another ...
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Kenneth M. Clark
Critical Review by W. H. Godfrey
