BIOGRAPHIES

Hughes, Robert. “The Gentleman Aesthete: Kenneth Clark, 1903-1983.” Time 121 (6 June 1983): 80.

Obituary.

Secrest, Meryle. Kenneth Clark: A Biography. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984, 310 p.

Provides a thorough and personal overview of Kenneth Clark's life.

CRITICISM

Blair, C. Review of Moments of Vision, by Kenneth Clark. British Book News (March 1982): 174.

Recommends Clark's Moments of Vision, but contends it is not his greatest accomplishment.

Booker, Christopher. “The Aesthete as Hero.” Spectator 239 (12 November 1977): 20.

Characterizes both Clark and the second part of his autobiography, The Other Half: A Self Portrait, as unrealistic.

Cahn, Robert. Review of The Romantic Rebellion: Romantic versus Classic Art, by Kenneth Clark. Library Journal 99 (15 April 1974): 1119.

Provides an unfavorable review of Clark's The Romantic Rebellion: Romantic versus Classic Art.

———. Review of Another Part of the Wood: A Self-Portrait, by Kenneth Clark. Library Journal 100 (15 March 1975): 573.

Provides a favorable review of Clark's Another Part of the Wood: A Self-Portrait, deeming it to be “charmingly anecdotal and elegantly written.”

———. Review of The Other Half: A Self Portrait, by Kenneth Clark. Library Journal 103 (1 June 1978): 1164.

Favorably reviews The Other Half: A Self Portrait, Clark's second volume of his autobiographical series.

Conrad, Peter. “Slide Show.” New Statesman 94 (18 November 1977): 700.

Denounces Clark's Animals and Men: Their Relationship as Reflected in Western Art Form from Prehistory to the Present Day for its negative perception of man and his evolving relationship with animals, and contrasts it to Clark's earlier book, The Nude, which celebrated humankind.

———. “Taste and Tactility.” Observer Review (8 November 1981): 28.

Review of Clark's Moments of Vision, that analyzes the book and how it relates to Clark's earlier autobiographies and the evolution of his feelings about art over time.

Ettlinger, L. D. “Clark and Other Works.” Spectator 223 (13 December 1969): 840-42.

Praises Civilization: A Personal View as well as the revised editions of Clark's earlier books, The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle and Pierro della Francesca.

Forster, Kurt W. Review of A Failure of Nerve, Italian Painting 1520-1535, by Kenneth Clark and Mannerism, by John Shearman. Renaissance Quarterly 23, no. 3 (autumn 1970): 287-89.

Criticizes Clark's A Failure of Nerve, Italian Painting 1520-1535 for having too simplistic an approach for such a complex subject, but he finds Shearman's Mannerism a welcome contrast, declaring it to be comprehensive and refreshing.

Greenberg, Clement. “The Seeing Eye.” Nation 170, no. 16 (22 April 1950): 381-82.

Compliments Clark's objective criticism of the great artists in Landscape Painting, however disagrees with the author's perceptions of present day landscape paintings.

Halpern, Henry. Review of Civilization: A Personal View, by Kenneth Clark. Library Journal 95 (July 1970): 2469.

Recommends Clark's Civilization: A Personal View for all special art collections.

Hollahan, Eugene. “Sir Kenneth Clark's The Nude: Catalyst for Robert Grave's “The Naked and the Nude”? PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 87, no. 3 (May 1972): 443-51.

Studies Clark's The Nude and suggests how it inspired Robert Graves to write his famous poem, “The Naked and the Nude.”

Johnson, Ivan E. Review of The Greek Revival, by J. Mordaunt Crook and Clive Bell and The Gothic Revival, by Kenneth Clark. Arts and Activities 127, no. 1 (February 2000): 10.

Suggests both The Greek Revival and The Gothic Revival should be read together for a better understanding of the influence of architecture on culture and history.

Nicholas, H. G. Review of Piero Della Francesca, by Kenneth Clark. History Today 1 (June 1951): 73.

Outlines the contents and illustrations in Clark's Piero Della Francesca, and admires Clark and his ability to find interrelationships among all of the arts.

Nicolson, Benedict. Review of Piero Della Francesca, by Kenneth Clark. New Statesman and Nation 41 (5 May 1951): 508-10.

Compares Clark's book, Piero Della Francesca, with earlier books written about the artist.

Review of Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance, by Kenneth Clark. Choice 4 (May 1967): 282.

Recommends Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance as a lesson book on Rembrandt and Italian art.

Review of Civilization: A Personal View, by Kenneth Clark. Booklist 66 (15 July 1970): 1375.

Reviewer outlines Clark's Civilization: A Personal View, and declares the illustrations to be excellent and closely related to the book.

Review of The Romantic Rebellion: Romantic versus Classic Art, by Kenneth Clark. Choice 11 (July/August 1974): 746.

A favorable review of Clark's The Romantic Rebellion: Romantic versus Classic Art.

Review of Another Part of the Wood: A Self-Portrait, by Kenneth Clark. Booklist 71 (15 March 1975): 717.

Admires Clark's Another Part of the Wood: A Self-Portrait for its ability to recreate a treasured time in history.

Review of The Other Half: A Self Portrait, by Kenneth Clark. Booklist 74 (15 June 1978): 1588.

Positive review for The Other Half: A Self Portrait, finding Clark to be “refreshingly open.”

Review of What is a Masterpiece?, by Kenneth Clark. Choice 18 (October 1980): 231.

Reviewer suggests Clark's What is a Masterpiece? seems incomplete.

Review of The Art of Humanism, by Kenneth Clark. Choice 21 (March 1984): 962.

Review that highly recommends Clark's The Art of Humanism.

Review of The Art of Humanism, by Kenneth Clark. British Book News (April 1984): 236.

Compares Clark's The Art of Humanism with earlier works on the subject by other authors, and deems Clark's book to be eloquent, yet inferior.

Schwartz, Sanford. “Sanford Schwartz on Art.” New Republic 175 (20 November 1976): 34-5.

Provides enthusiastic praise for Clark's Another Part of the Wood: A Self-Portrait.

Soby, James Thrall. “Piero Della Francesca.” Saturday Review 34 (2 June 1951): 36-7.

Deems Clark's monograph of Piero Della Francesca to be an admirable piece of work which keeps the names of the great, but lesser known, artists alive, but disagrees with Clark's criticism of Francesca's later works.

Toynbee, Philip. “Lighting up the Past.” Observer Review (30 November 1969): 34.

Outlines the many highlights and few faults of Clark's Civilization: A Personal View.

———. “Temporal and Spiritual.” Observer Review (6 November 1977): 29.

Review of Clark's The Other Half: A Self Portrait that concentrates on the page where Clark describes a deeply religious experience and contrasts it with the autobiography of a priest, concluding that he learned more about religion from Clark's book.

Weeks, Edward. “The Peripatetic Reviewer.” Atlantic 235 (May 1975): 98.

Provides a favorable review and a thorough summary of Clark's Another Part of the Wood: A Self-Portrait, which outlines the first thirty-five years of Clark's life.

Westwater, R. H. “Unashamed.” Spectator 197 (21 December 1956): 910.

Gives Clark's The Nude high marks and maintains it is a good book, even for the layman.

Additional coverage of Clark's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 93-96, 109; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 36; Literature Resource Center; and Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2.