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A Folio Society reprint edition, originally 1969. Linked to the hugely successful BBC TV series of the same name, in which Clark explores the history of ( predominately Western) art and archietecture from ancient times to the early 20th century.
Kenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation. The author takes us from Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these historical backgrounds he sketches an extraordinary cast of characters - the men and women who gave new energy to civilisation and expanded our understanding of the world and of ourselves. He also highlights the works of genius they produced - in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, and in science and engineering, from Raphael's painting of the School of Athens to the 19th century bridge constructions of Brunel.
Illustrated throughout.
Large format hardcover, slipcased.
