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Civilisation: A Personal View (Paperback)

by Kenneth Clark (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: John Murray (15 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0719568447
  • ISBN-13: 978-0719568442
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 166,390 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 )

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'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 )

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant read, 10 Sep 2003
By "gattfloridia" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Civilization (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 ?

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A joy to read, 5 Jan 2007
By Didier (Ghent, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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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.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Beware, 27 May 2006
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.
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