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The Nude A Study in Ideal Form (Bollingen Series, No 35, a.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, Vol 2) Paperback - 1972

by Kenneth McKenzie Clark; Baron Clark


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A landmark study of the nude in art--from the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore--by a towering art historian In this classic book, Kenneth Clark, one of the most eminent art historians of the twentieth century, examines the ever-changing fashion in what constitutes the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form, from the art of the ancient Greeks to that of Renoir, Matisse, and Henry Moore. The Nude reveals the sensitivity of aesthetic theory to fashion, what distinguishes the naked from the nude, and just why the nude has played such an important role in art history. As Clark writes, "The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object, the human body, and puts it out of reach of time and desire; it takes the most purely rational concept of which man is capable, mathematical order, and makes it a delight to the senses; and it takes the vague fears of the unknown and sweetens them by showing that the gods are like men and may be worshipped for their life-giving beauty rather than their death-dealing powers."

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  • Title The Nude A Study in Ideal Form (Bollingen Series, No 35, a.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, Vol 2)
  • Author Kenneth McKenzie Clark; Baron Clark
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Fourth Printing
  • Pages 583
  • Publisher Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date June 1972
  • ISBN 9780691097923

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Kenneth Clark (1903-1983) was one of leading art historians of the twentieth century. Over the course of his career, he was director of the National Gallery in London, Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Oxford, and chair of the Arts Council of Great Britain. He was the author of many books and was the presenter of the acclaimed BBC television series, Civilisation.
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