Kenneth Clark
Painted out
Sixty years ago, women were still excluded from the art history canon, says Laura Freeman
Full of lovely paintings that might lead you astray: The Renaissance Nude reviewed
Early in the 16th century, Fra Bartolomeo painted an altarpiece of St Sebastian for the church of San Marco in…
I didn’t realise Petra was an ad for Merkel’s immigration policy: Civilisations reviewed
Most of the history I know and remember comes from my inspirational prep school teacher Mr Bradshaw. History was taught…
Wild at heart
Delacroix’s frigid self-control concealed an emotional volcano. Martin Gayford explores the paradoxes that define the apostle of modernism
Lines of beauty
David Jones (1895–1974) was a remarkable figure: artist and poet, he was a great original in both disciplines. His was…
The Spectator’s notes
Two beautiful volumes in a cloth-bound case reach me. They are Speeches and Articles by HRH The Prince of Wales…
The fine art of bluffing
My career at school and after was greatly enhanced by a series of books called The Bluffer’s Guide to….These gave…
Double vision
In 1933, two new students met on their first day at Glasgow School of Art. From then on they were…
The secret of Civilisation
No modern critic would dare match Kenneth Clark’s fearless way with sweeping statements
A look ahead
Andrew Lambirth reveals the treats on show in 2014
