Kenneth Clark: Looking For Civilisation

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Art historian, collector, museum director, and broadcaster Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) was one of the leading cultural figures of the mid-20th century

• Kenneth Clark: Looking For Civilisation available on July 22 2018 from Indigo for 45.0
  
• ISBN bar code 9781849762601 ξ1 registered November 19 2016
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978184976260
  

This new book considers all aspects of his life and work, including his landmark TV series, Civilization. Clark was enormously important in terms of his support of, and influence upon, the art of his time. As director of Britain’s National Gallery he oversaw the relocation of its collec­tion during WWII; as chair of the War Artists Advisory Committee he persuaded the government not to draft artists—such as Henry Moore; in 1954 he co-founded the broadcasting company that was to become ITV, and then chaired the British Arts Council from 1955 to 1960. A pas­sionate advocate of making art accessible to all, in 1969 Clark wrote and presented Civilization for the BBC, distill­ing the history of Western philosophy, culture, and art into 13 groundbreaking episodes—the first-ever blockbuster documentary series viewed around the world.

^ Kenneth Clark: Looking For Civilisation Indigo. ISBN 9781849762601 (revised Jul 2018)