Civilisation
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What does it mean to be civilised? In Civilisation, the celebrated art historian Kenneth Clark answers this monumental question through a sweeping survey of Western art, architecture, philosophy, and music, tracing the arc of human creativity from the fall of Rome to the modern age. Originally the companion text to his landmark BBC television series that captivated millions of viewers worldwide, the book chronicles the rise and fall of great ideas, illustrating how fragile — and how magnificent — the achievements of Western culture truly are, as seen through masterworks by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Leonardo da Vinci, among many others. Clark writes with the authoritative elegance of a man who spent a lifetime inside the world's greatest galleries and cathedrals, and his prose carries both the intimacy of a personal meditation and the sweep of a grand historical narrative. Civilisation argues that art is not a luxury but the very measure of a society's vitality — a provocation as urgent today as when it was first broadcast. For readers drawn to the intersection of beauty, power, and ideas, this is an essential and deeply rewarding encounter with the question of what humanity, at its best, is capable of.
Author: Kenneth Clark
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be civilised? In Civilisation, the celebrated art historian Kenneth Clark answers this monumental question through a sweeping survey of Western art, architecture, philosophy, and music, tracing the arc of human creativity from the fall of Rome to the modern age. Originally the companion text to his landmark BBC television series that captivated millions of viewers worldwide, the book chronicles the rise and fall of great ideas, illustrating how fragile — and how magnificent — the achievements of Western culture truly are, as seen through masterworks by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Leonardo da Vinci, among many others. Clark writes with the authoritative elegance of a man who spent a lifetime inside the world's greatest galleries and cathedrals, and his prose carries both the intimacy of a personal meditation and the sweep of a grand historical narrative. Civilisation argues that art is not a luxury but the very measure of a society's vitality — a provocation as urgent today as when it was first broadcast. For readers drawn to the intersection of beauty, power, and ideas, this is an essential and deeply rewarding encounter with the question of what humanity, at its best, is capable of.