by Kenneth Clark · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420657356
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In 'Civilization: A Personal View,' Kenneth Clark offers a profound analysis of the key moments in the development of European consciousness, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the contemporary era. Through architecture, sculpture, painting, philosophy, poetry, music, science, and engineering, Clark explores the great achievements of Western civilization, highlighting their internal connections and common origin. This essay is a synthesis of the birth and evolution of the European spirit, where works of art are the manifestation of cultural values, ideas, and beliefs of humanity.
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark was a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster. His expertise covered a wide range of artists and periods, but he is particularly associated with Italian Renaissance art, most of all that of Leonardo da Vinci. After running two art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television, presenting a succession of programmes on the arts from the 1950s to the 1970s, the largest and best known being the Civilisation series in 1969.
