Landscape Into Art - Sir Kenneth Clark

Landscape, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641, Etching and Drypoint, 13 x 32.2 cm

'WE ARE SURROUNDED with things which we have not made and which

have a life and structure different from our own; trees, flowers,

grasses, rivers, hills. For centuries they have inspired us with curiosity

and awe. They have been objects of delight. We have recreated them in

our imaginations to reflect our moods. And we have come to think

of them as contributing to an idea which we have called nature.'

Sir Kenneth Clark, in his work as Director of the National Gallery (U.K.) no

less than in his lectures and writings, has shown the belief that art is a

part of our general consciousness and gives a special value to all our

experiences. In this book, which is based on his first course of lectures

as Slade Professor at Oxford, he is concerned with man's relation to

nature as reflected in the history of landscape painting. - Jacket Copy

This book is a collection of Clark's lectures as Slade Professor of Art at Oxford. It was first published in 1949, and still offers the reader an intelligent and relevant approach to the serious study of the landscape.

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