The 13 one-hour TV films in which English art historian, arts administrator, and writer Kenneth Clark historically narrates a “personal view” of the history of Western civilization were first shown in ...
John Piper Seaton Delaval,” by John Piper 1941Oil on canvas laid on wood; Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark of Saltwood) through the Contemporary Art Society 1946, via Tate “Looking for ...
When she was a mere sprout of 14, Mary Beard tuned into the first episode of Sir Kenneth Clark’s famous BBC documentary, Civilisation, and felt a “slight tingle.” “It had never struck me,” she wrote ...
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Kenneth Clark (1903-1983) thought of himself as a writer, which indeed he was, producing numerous fine works of art history ranging from Rembrandt to the Italian Renaissance to the nude and two of the ...