Author: Kenneth ClarkPublisher: PenguinYear: 1987Language: EnglishPages: 272ISBN/UPC (if available): 0140165894
Description
A marvelously exciting search by one of this century’s great art historians into the sources and development of Western Civilisation.Kenneth Clark takes us from the fall of the Roman Empire and Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these historical backgrounds he highlights works of genius, in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, in science and engineering.A Shrewd mind, a wonderful eye and an admirable generosity of Taste…again and again he compels us to look at some more or less familiar work of art and see it afresh.-Philip Toynbee in the ObserverREVIEWSThe book glows with excitement for us general readers.-Raymond Mortimer in the Sunday Times
Contents
IllustrationsAcknowledgementsForewordThe Skin of our TeethThe Great ThawRomance and RealityMan-The Measure of all ThingsThe Hero as ArtistProtest and CommunicationGrandeur And ObedienceThe Light of ExperienceThe Pursuit of HappinessThe Smile of ReasonThe Worship of NatureThe Fallacies of HopeHeroic MaterialismIndex
