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English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster (1903–1983)
Also known as: Baron Clark, Kenneth Clark Lord Clark of Saltwood, Kenneth MacKenzie, Lord Clark of Saltwood Clark, Kenneth, Lord Clark of Saltwood Clark, Кеннет Маккензи Кларк, كينيث كلارك
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John Ruskin1819–1900ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetEloquent Victorian criticism linking art, morality and civilisation, a tradition Clark both studied and extended. (AI reason)
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- The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art (1973)
- 100 details from pictures in the National Gallery (1990)
- Civilisation (1969)
- The romantic rebellion (1973)
- The nude (1956)