Kenneth Clark : life, art and civilisation
Stourton, James
Kenneth Clark : life, art and civilisation / James Stourton. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2016 - 478 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The definitive biography of this brilliant polymath - director of the National Gallery, author, patron of the arts, social lion, and singular pioneer of televisión - that also tells the story of the arts in the twentieth century through his astonishing life. Drawing on a vast, previously unseen archive, James Stourton reveals the formidable intellect and the private man behind the figure who effortlessly dominated the art world for more than half a century: his privileged upbringing, his interest in art history beginning at Oxford, his remarkable early successes. A superb work of biography, Kenneth Clark is a revelation of its remarkable subject.
English.
9780385351171
Clark, Kenneth (, 1903-1983)
Art historians---Great Britain----Biography
92 CLA
Kenneth Clark : life, art and civilisation / James Stourton. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2016 - 478 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The definitive biography of this brilliant polymath - director of the National Gallery, author, patron of the arts, social lion, and singular pioneer of televisión - that also tells the story of the arts in the twentieth century through his astonishing life. Drawing on a vast, previously unseen archive, James Stourton reveals the formidable intellect and the private man behind the figure who effortlessly dominated the art world for more than half a century: his privileged upbringing, his interest in art history beginning at Oxford, his remarkable early successes. A superb work of biography, Kenneth Clark is a revelation of its remarkable subject.
English.
9780385351171
Clark, Kenneth (, 1903-1983)
Art historians---Great Britain----Biography
92 CLA
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