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The convention by which the great events in biblical or secular history could be enacted only by magnificent physical specimens, handsome and well-groomed, went on for a long time — till the middle of the nineteenth century. Only a very few artists — perhaps only Rembrandt and Caravaggio in the first rank — were independent enough to stand against it. And I think that this convention, which was an element in the so-called grand manner, became a deadening influence on the European mind. It deadened our sense of truth, even our sense of moral responsibility.
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Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.
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Kenneth Clark
Born:
July 13, 1903
Died:
May 21, 1983
(aged 79)
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Kenneth McKenzie Clark, Baron Clark of Saltwood was an English author, museum director, broadcaster and one of the most famous art historians of his generation.
Known for:
Landscape Into Art (1949)
Civilisation: A Personal View (1969)
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956)
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