Kenneth Clark Quote

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.


Ch. VIII: The Alternative Convention - The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1951)


Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.