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There are 17 critical essays on Kenneth Clark.
Critical Essays on Kenneth Clark

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Critical Essay by Lynda Nead
5,051 words, approx. 17 pages
 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 goes on to study the ideals of the nude applying the philosophies of Clark and Immanuel Kant.
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Critical Review by Clive Bell
1,977 words, approx. 7 pages
 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.
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Critical Review by Richard Luckett
1,537 words, approx. 5 pages
 In the following review, Luckett offers a detailed account of Clark's The Romantic Rebellion and proclaims it to be more entertaining than informative.
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Critical Review by Charles Moore
1,299 words, approx. 4 pages
 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 program would not be possible in the 1990s, because the creators would be too concerned about remaining politically correct and representative of all members of the television audience.
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Critical Review by W. H. Godfrey
1,171 words, approx. 4 pages
 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.
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Critical Essay by Jan Morris
1,141 words, approx. 4 pages
 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 questions some of Clark's viewpoints and argues that the book covers only a limited geographical area and time period.
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Critical Essay by Kay Dick
1,126 words, approx. 4 pages
 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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Critical Review by Bernard Denvir
831 words, approx. 3 pages
 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.
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Critical Review by Derek Hill
794 words, approx. 3 pages
 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.
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Critical Review by Adrian Stokes
778 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following review, Stokes recounts several highlights throughout Clark's Piero della Francesca and characterizes the book as magnificent, meticulous, and vivid.
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Critical Review by Anne Fremantle
744 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following review, Fremantle artfully chronicles Clark's Landscape Painting through the centuries.
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Critical Review by Atlantic
433 words, approx. 1 pages
 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.
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Critical Review by Publishers Weekly
226 words, approx. 1 pages
 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.
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Critical Review by Richard Beale
214 words, approx. 1 pages
 In the following review, Beale praises the text and presentation of Clark's Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance.
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Critical Review by Eleanor Riley
157 words, approx. 1 pages
 In the following review, Riley provides a brief summary of Clark's Feminine Beauty as well as general praise for the art critic.
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Critical Review by Robert Cahn
150 words, approx. 1 pages
 In the following review, Cahn characterizes Clark's An Introduction to Rembrandt as “insightful” and “elegant.”

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