Civilisation - Couverture souple

Clark, Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719568447 ISBN 13 : 9780719568442

Editeur : John Murray, 2005

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Kenneth Clark has used his masterly knowledge and understanding of the arts of Western Civilisation to describe and appraise its creative achievements. (Times Literary Supplement)

'He convincingly makes the case for the development of European art and architecture since the end of the Roman Empire as the foundations on which modern Western society rests' (Lloyd's List)

Combines great learning with a shrewd mind, a wonderful eye and an admirable generosity of taste ... again and again he compels us to look at some more or less familiar work of art and see it afresh. (Observer)

He is without equal (The Listener)

One of the too few living authors who tempt me to use superlatives, and also the best for making his profound feeling for the arts contagious. The book glows with excitement for us general readers. (Sunday Times)

'The most famous art historian of his generation' (The Herald magazine)

'Civilisation is an improving text, even after 35 years' (Paul Lay, BBC History)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 School of Athens to the bridges of Brunel.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Murray
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0719568447
• ISBN 13: 9780719568442
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320