Kenneth Clark Summary

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... Read more

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. H... Read more

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.... Read more

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 H... Read more

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 introduct... Read more

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... Read more

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, ... Read more

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 Pi... Read more

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. Kennet... Read more

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 anoth... Read more