{"product_id":"9780007493449","title":"Kenneth Clark : Life, Art and Civilisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Stourton, James \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 21\/09\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 496 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007493449,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BERGER PRIZE FOR BRITISH ART HISTORY 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A NEW YORK TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From his time as Bernard Berenson’s protégé to being the Keeper of the Western Art at 27 and his appointment as the youngest-ever director of the National Gallery, Kenneth Clark displayed precocious genius. No voice has exercised so much power and influence over the arts in Britain as Clark’s. A formidable aesthete, his coterie included John Betjeman, Winston Churchill, Margot Fonteyn, E.M. Forster, Vivien Leigh, the Queen Mother and Henry Moore. Hidden from view, however, was his wife Jane’s alcoholism and his own philandering. In James Stourton’s dazzling biography, Clark is shown as a man who conveyed the profound beauty and importance of art, architecture and civilisation for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57689034752373,"sku":"9780007493449","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780007493449.jpg?v=1792745348","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780007493449","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}