Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord
Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord ( 1903 – 83 ),author, art historian, and public official. The only child of wealthy and neglectful parents, he was educated at Winchester (where he aspired to be an artist) and at Oxford, where he turned to art history. His first book, The Gothic Revival ( 1928 ), was hailed as original and audacious; his approach, derived from Ruskin and also from Berenson (with whom he studied), was interpretative rather than pedantic. He was director of the National Gallery from 1934 to 1945 , and held many other public posts in later life. Other publications include a study of Leonardo da Vinci ( 1939 ), Landscape into Art ( 1949 ), and his major work, The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art ( 1953 ); also two volumes of autobiography, Another Part of the Wood ( 1974 ) and The Other Half ( 1977 ). His television series Civilization, published in book form...
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