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Author photo. Kenneth Clark (1903-1983)

Kenneth Clark (1903-1983)

Kenneth Clark (1) [1903–1983]

This page covers the author of Civilisation: A Personal View.

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Works by Kenneth Clark

Civilisation: A Personal View 1,932 copies, 10 reviews
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form 710 copies, 4 reviews
Leonardo da Vinci 482 copies, 1 review
Landscape into art 293 copies, 1 review
The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art 220 copies, 1 review
Another Part of the Wood: A Self Portrait 111 copies, 1 review
The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste 103 copies
The Other Half: A Self Portrait 67 copies
Animals and Men 67 copies, 1 review
Looking at Pictures 61 copies
Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance 54 copies
An introduction to Rembrandt 51 copies, 1 review
Civilisation: The Complete Series [1969 TV serial] (Written and Narrated by) 48 copies, 1 review
Feminine Beauty 45 copies, 1 review

The Drawings by Sandro Botticelli for Dante's Divine Comedy 42 copies

What Is a Masterpiece? (Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures, No 11) 39 copies

One Hundred Details from the National Gallery 35 copies, 1 review

Piero della Francesca 31 copies

The Florence Baptistery Doors (A Studio book) 28 copies

Best of Aubrey Beardsley 26 copies

Moments of Vision 25 copies

The Art of Humanism 21 copies

Henry Moore: Drawings 11 copies

Rembrandt and the Venetian influence 9 copies

Florentine Paintings: Fifteenth Century 8 copies

Le Nu II 6 copies

The Radio Listener's Week-end Book 4 copies

Landscape Painting 3 copies

Catalogus van de tentoonstelling twee eeuwen engelsche kunst, 4 juli tot 4… 3 copies

La Peinture Romantique Anglaise Et Les Preraphaelites 3 copies

Cities and Civilisations 3 copies

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Also by Kenneth Clark

Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art (Introduction, some editions) 547 copies, 3 reviews
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance (Contributor) 193 copies, 2 reviews
Masterpieces of fifty centuries; [exhibition] (Introduction) 48 copies, 1 review
Leonardo Da Vinci: Nature Studies from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (Introduction) 46 copies
Charles Ricketts, subtle and fantastic decorator (Foreword, some editions) 28 copies, 2 reviews
Forty years with Berenson (Preface) 27 copies
Selected drawings from the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor… 2 copies
"Studies for the Last Supper: From The Royal Library At Windsor Castle" (Preface) 1 copy
In trust for the nation (Introduction) 1 copy

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Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron

Other names

Clark, Sir Kenneth

Baron Clark of Saltwood

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Nationality

England, UK (birth)

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Birthplace

London, England, UK

Place of death

Hythe, Kent, England, UK

Places of residence

London, England, UK

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

York, Yorkshire, England, UK

Education

University of Oxford (Trinity College), art history (Trinity College)

Winchester College, England, UK

Occupations

museum director

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Relationships

Clark, Alan (son)

Clark, Colin (son)

Clark, Kenneth MacKenzie (father)

Organizations

Arts Council of Great Britain, Chairman, 1953-1960

American Academy of Arts and Letters ( 1972)

Ashmolean Museum

National Gallery

University of Oxford

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Awards and honors

Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature

Order of the Bath (Knight Commander)

Order of the Companions of Honour

Life Peerage (Baron Clark)

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Greatly influenced by John Ruskin and a protégé of the most influential art critic of the time, Bernard Berenson, Clark quickly became the British art establishment's most respected aesthetician. wikipedia

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