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动物与人：从史前至今二者在西方艺术中的关系
从日益复杂的人类社会，回归单纯。艺术史大师肯尼斯·克拉克反思之作，聚焦西方艺术研究中鲜少关注的动物议题，揭示“动物”带给“人类”何种启示。
本书属于中国国家地理·图书艺术史类“新雅典”系列，为20世纪艺术史学家肯尼斯·克拉克爵士的重要作品，解读了西方艺术作品中的动物与人的关系，揭示背后的艺术传统与社会因素。无论是和谐相处、崇拜和恐惧，还是狩猎和杀戮时的残忍......在动物与人长久共存的过程中，它们不仅激发了人类对生命的敬畏之心，也深化了我们对自身存在的思考。
本书围绕西方艺术作品中动物形象的内涵以及动物与人的关系展开，从《吉尔伽美什史诗》泥版讲起，直至18世纪以降的作品，时间跨度大，涉猎范围广。更重要的是，肯尼斯·克拉克证明了艺术并非虚无的“空中楼阁”，而是可以提供一种独特而实际的视角，帮助我们更好地理解世界，反思生活。
本书属于中国国家地理·图书艺术史类“新雅典”系列，为20世纪艺术史学家肯尼斯·克拉克爵士的重要作品，解读了西方艺术作品中的动物与人的关系，揭示背后的艺术传统与社会因素。无论是和谐相处、崇拜和恐惧，还是狩猎和杀戮时的残忍......在动物与人长久共存的过程中，它们不仅激发了人类对生命的敬畏之心，也深化了我们对自身存在的思考。
本书围绕西方艺术作品中动物形象的内涵以及动物与人的关系展开，从《吉尔伽美什史诗》泥版讲起，直至18世纪以降的作品，时间跨度大，涉猎范围广。更重要的是，肯尼斯·克拉克证明了艺术并非虚无的“空中楼阁”，而是可以提供一种独特而实际的视角，帮助我们更好地理解世界，反思生活。
230 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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Kenneth M. Clark
68 books59 followersSir Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (1903 -1983) was a British art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. After running two important art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television, presenting a succession of programmes on the arts during the 1950s and 1960s, culminating in the Civilisation series in 1969.
The son of rich parents, Clark was introduced to the arts at an early age. Among his early influences were the writings of John Ruskin, which instilled in him the belief that everyone should have access to great art. After coming under the influence of the connoisseur and dealer Bernard Berenson, Clark was appointed director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford aged twenty-seven, and three years later he was put in charge of Britain's National Gallery. His twelve years there saw the gallery transformed to make it accessible and inviting to a wider public.
During the Second World War, when the collection was moved from London for safe keeping, Clark made the building available for a series of daily concerts which proved a celebrated morale booster during the Blitz.
After the war, and three years as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, Clark surprised many by accepting the chairmanship of the UK's first commercial television network. Once the service had been successfully launched he agreed to write and present programmes about the arts. These established him as a household name in Britain, and he was asked to create the first colour series about the arts, Civilisation, first broadcast in 1969 in Britain and in many other countries soon afterwards.
Among many honours, Clark was knighted at the unusually young age of thirty-five, and three decades later was made a life peer shortly before the first transmission of Civilisation. Three decades after his death, Clark was celebrated in an exhibition at Tate Britain in London, prompting a reappraisal of his career by a new generation of critics and historians. Opinions varied about his aesthetic judgment, particularly in attributing paintings to old masters, but his skill as a writer and his enthusiasm for popularising the arts were widely recognised. Both the BBC and the Tate described him in retrospect as one of the most influential figures in British art of the twentieth century.
The son of rich parents, Clark was introduced to the arts at an early age. Among his early influences were the writings of John Ruskin, which instilled in him the belief that everyone should have access to great art. After coming under the influence of the connoisseur and dealer Bernard Berenson, Clark was appointed director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford aged twenty-seven, and three years later he was put in charge of Britain's National Gallery. His twelve years there saw the gallery transformed to make it accessible and inviting to a wider public.
During the Second World War, when the collection was moved from London for safe keeping, Clark made the building available for a series of daily concerts which proved a celebrated morale booster during the Blitz.
After the war, and three years as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, Clark surprised many by accepting the chairmanship of the UK's first commercial television network. Once the service had been successfully launched he agreed to write and present programmes about the arts. These established him as a household name in Britain, and he was asked to create the first colour series about the arts, Civilisation, first broadcast in 1969 in Britain and in many other countries soon afterwards.
Among many honours, Clark was knighted at the unusually young age of thirty-five, and three decades later was made a life peer shortly before the first transmission of Civilisation. Three decades after his death, Clark was celebrated in an exhibition at Tate Britain in London, prompting a reappraisal of his career by a new generation of critics and historians. Opinions varied about his aesthetic judgment, particularly in attributing paintings to old masters, but his skill as a writer and his enthusiasm for popularising the arts were widely recognised. Both the BBC and the Tate described him in retrospect as one of the most influential figures in British art of the twentieth century.
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July 27, 2008
This book gives a wonderful overview of the history between animal and man. Clarks thoughts are well thought out and accompanied by good illustrations. I stumbled across this book while researching for an art history project that dealt with a similar topic.
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