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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social

2/3/2026, 2:45:25 AM

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Kenneth Clark Life, Art, and Civilisation by James Stourton, 2016

The first and definitive biography of this brilliant polymath—director of the National Gallery, author, patron of the arts, social lion, and singular pioneer of television—that also tells the story of the arts in the twentieth century through his astonishing life.

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Kenneth Clark's thirteen-part 1969 television series, Civilisation, established him as a globally admired figure. Clark was precient in making this series: the upheavals of the century, the Cold War among others, convinced him of the power of barbarism and the fragility of culture. He would burnish his image with two memoirs that artfully omitted the more complicated details of his life. Now, drawing on a vast, previously unseen archive, James Stourton reveals the formidable intellect and the private man behind the figure who effortlessly dominated the art world for more than half a century: his privileged upbringing, his interest in art history beginning at Oxford, and his remarkable early career.

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