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Kenneth Clark (1903-1983)

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Works by Kenneth Clark

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Civilisation 1,490 copies
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art 537 copies
Leonardo da Vinci 376 copies
Landscape into art 180 copies
The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art 159 copies
The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste 88 copies
Another part of the wood: a self portrait 85 copies
Animals and Men 50 copies, 1 review
The Other Half: A Self Portrait 49 copies
Looking at Pictures 43 copies
Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance 35 copies
An Introduction to Rembrandt 33 copies, 1 review
Feminine Beauty 32 copies, 1 review
What Is a Masterpiece? (Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures, No 11) 30 copies

The Drawings by Sandro Botticelli for Dante's Divine Comedy 27 copies

One Hundred Details from the National Gallery 20 copies

Ruskin Today 17 copies

Piero della Francesca 14 copies

Best of Aubrey Beardsley 14 copies

Moments of Vision 12 copies

Civilisation. a personal view by Kenneth Clark / The complete series… (Written and Narrated by) 10 copies

The Art of Humanism 10 copies

Henry Moore: Drawings 8 copies

The drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the collection of Her Majesty the… 8 copies

The Florence Baptistery Doors (A Studio book) 7 copies

Le nu : Volume 2 6 copies

Florentine paintings, fifteenth century; (The Pitman gallery) 3 copies

Landscape Painting 3 copies

Large Two Forms: A Sculpture by Henry Moore 3 copies

Le nu (T. I) 2 copies

Blake and visionary art (W. A. Cargill memorial lectures in fine art) 2 copies

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Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art (Introduction, some editions) 410 copies
Masterpieces of fifty centuries; [exhibition] (Introduction) 35 copies, 1 review
Leonardo Da Vinci Nature Studies from the Royal Library at Windsor… (Introduction) 22 copies
Charles Ricketts, subtle and fantastic decorator (Foreword, some editions) 17 copies, 1 review

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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, Elizabeth Jane Martin (first wife) d. 1976

Clark, Nolwen de Janzé-Rice (second wife)

Clark, Kenneth MacKenzie (father)

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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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Short biography

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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Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures

A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts

Wrightsman Lectures

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New York Times bestseller

National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

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Charles Ricketts

Rembrandt van Rijn

Piero della Francesca

Leonardo da Vinci

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Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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