The 13 one-hour TV films in which English art historian, arts administrator, and writer Kenneth Clark historically narrates a “personal view” of the history of Western civilization were first shown in ...

John Piper Seaton Delaval,” by John Piper 1941Oil on canvas laid on wood; Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark of Saltwood) through the Contemporary Art Society 1946, via Tate “Looking for ...

Kenneth Clark, patron, collector, art historian, and broadcasting impresario best known for his pioneering 1969 TV series Civilisation – the first to bring the art of the 20th century to a mass ...

When she was a mere sprout of 14, Mary Beard tuned into the first episode of Sir Kenneth Clark’s famous BBC documentary, Civilisation, and felt a “slight tingle.” “It had never struck me,” she wrote ...

Northumbria University, Newcastle provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Fifty years after Kenneth Clark’s cultural landmark was first broadcast, BBC2 has set a date for the launch of ...

Not in its entirety at any rate – only snippets on YouTube, and, more recently, excerpts at Tate Britain’s current exhibition, where highlights from his many televisual essays from the Sixties are ...