CIVILISATION: A PERSONAL VIEW
Written by Kenneth Clark
Published by Folio Society
in 1999
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CIVILISATION: A PERSONAL VIEW
Written by Kenneth Clark.
Stock no. 1830730
1st thus.
1999.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition.
Scripts of a series of television programmes, featuring Kenneth Clark, given in the spring of 1969 with virtually no printed script, spoken entirely 'off the top of his head'. Large format. Blue pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w photos. 276 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with minor bumping to corners.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- 1 The Skin of our Teeth
- 2 The Great Thaw
- 3 Romance and Reality
- 4 Man - the Measure of all Things
- 5 The Hero as an Artist
- 6 Protest and Communication
- 7 Grandeur and Obedience
- 8 The Light of Experience
- 9 The Pursuit of Happiness
- 10 The Smile of Reason
- 11 The Worship of Nature
- 12 The Fallacies of Hope
- 13 Heroic Materalism
- List of Illustrations
- Index