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'Kenneth Clark has used his masterly knowledge and understanding of the arts of Western Civilisation to describe and appraise its creative achievements.' (Times Literary Supplement )
'Combines great learning with 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.' (Observer )
'He is without equal' (The Listener )
'One of the too few living authors who tempt me to use superlatives, and also the best for making his profound feeling for the arts contagious. The book glows with excitement for us general readers.' (Sunday Times )
'Combines great learning with 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.' (Observer )
'He is without equal' (The Listener )
'One of the too few living authors who tempt me to use superlatives, and also the best for making his profound feeling for the arts contagious. The book glows with excitement for us general readers.' (Sunday Times )
'The most famous art historian of his generation'
(The Herald magazine )'Civilisation is an improving text, even after 35 years'
(Paul Lay, BBC History )Times Literary Supplement
'Masterly knowledge and understanding of the arts of Western Civilisation'
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first book that I bought when I developed an interest in art and history and I cannot image a better written introduction to the devlopment of western art and architecture.The book traces the development of western civilization as measured by the development of its art.
Starting at the collpase of the Roman Empire, Clark describes how the barbarian invasions very nearly wiped out the whole of western civilization. He then takes us through the medevial , renaissance and following periods right up to the start of the twentieth century.
Clark's style is flowing and uncomplicated and the book is a great read. The empahsis is on the development of art and architecture of the periods but a great deal of emphasis is made to describe the political , economical and philisophical environment of the times.
It is very well illustrated although a good number of the pictures are in B&W print.
The book was produced to accompany the BBC2 series of the same name in 1969. Why has that never been released on VHS or DVD ?
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Potential buyers should know that the edition being sold here is a recently issued paperback without any illustrations! An art book without illustrations. Amazing. I have a copy of the original book which is full of illustrations; my copy has become so worn from use that I decided to get a new one. What a disappointment. Try and find a copy of the original from the late '60s. A wonderful book, but not in this addition.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has its shortcomings (no illustrations in the paperback edition, and it is indeed 'western', to name but two) but all in all a very pleasant and instructive overview of the grand events & people in western art / civilisation.
Clark is so obviously passionate about the subject that he writes with great enthusiasm, and you cannot help but become eager yourself to know more about the many schools, traditions and people he writes about.
Clark is so obviously passionate about the subject that he writes with great enthusiasm, and you cannot help but become eager yourself to know more about the many schools, traditions and people he writes about.
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Words only
Basically a collection of Lord Clark's scripts for the Civilisation series of the late 1960s. No illustrations (unlike the earlier versions of the book)so, to my mind, the book... Read more
Published 12 months ago by UK Scribe
A very personal view
An interesting book, a worthwhile read if you want to increase your culture on great masters' paintings and works, and a very acceptable viewpoint on the progress of western... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Brandino
Take care if you want pictures
The paperback is fine if you are just looking for Kenneth Clark's written commentary, but I would have liked the plates/pictures to go with it. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2009 by S. Klepper
"Western" Civilisation
A fantastic sweep through the history of art, although as another reader has observed, the lack of illustrations that were in the original book does detract. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2006 by A. M. Green
a personal account of art and civilisation
this is a fabulously personal account of civilisation, focusing upon art and the part it played in documenting and affecting the changes that took place thoughout history. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2006 by "joannanarraway"
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