{"product_id":"11405-civilisation-text-of-internationally-acclaimed-television-series","title":"Civilisation - Text of Internationally acclaimed Television Series","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kenneth Clark\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1987\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140165894\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA marvelously exciting search by one of this century’s great art historians into the sources and development of Western Civilisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Clark takes us from the fall of the Roman Empire and Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these historical backgrounds he highlights works of genius, in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, in science and engineering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Shrewd mind, a wonderful eye and an admirable generosity of Taste…again and again he compels us to look at some more or less familiar work of art and see it afresh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Philip Toynbee in the Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book glows with excitement for us general readers.\u003cbr\u003e-Raymond Mortimer in the Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Skin of our Teeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Thaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRomance and Reality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMan-The Measure of all Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Hero as Artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProtest and Communication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrandeur And Obedience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Light of Experience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pursuit of Happiness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Smile of Reason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Worship of Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fallacies of Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeroic Materialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Kenneth Clark \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785513971881,"sku":"11405","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11405.jpg?v=1625523942","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/11405-civilisation-text-of-internationally-acclaimed-television-series","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}