Kenneth Clark's "Civilisation" - Lord Clark describes the progressive disillusionment of the artists of the Romantic movement through the music of Beethoven and the poetry of Byron.
@TheSealOfTheRose You're absolutely right. When one looks at the great works of the painters of previous centuries their mastery of the medium shows up 95% of 'modern art' for what it is: the childish daubings of the untalented. Much of modern art is a con.
@TheSealOfTheRose You're absolutely right. When one looks at the great works of the painters of previous centuries their mastery of the medium shows up 95% of 'modern art' for what it is: the childish daubings of the untalented. Much of modern art is a con.
DrZenith 7 months ago 4
Clark ranks among the greatest, you can keep all the glib post modernist rubbish that passes for art history in certain circles today!
TheSealOfTheRose 10 months ago 3