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The Persistence of Medievalism: Kenneth Clark and the Gothic Revival

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2016

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From his emergence on the cultural scene in the 1920s until his death in 1983, Kenneth Clark was one of the most influential figures in the history of British art and design, and his legacy remains strong. Clark’s life and work were entirely dedicated to communicating about art and transforming public understanding regarding its production and enjoyment. His first book, The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste, investigated, condemned and elevated the status of Georgian and Victorian England’s enthusiasm for the Middle Ages. Written in the mid-1920s, it was published with Constable in 1928 when he was only twenty-five years old. By investigating the circumstances under which the book came to fruition and its importance in relation to Clark’s persistent interest in the Victorians — and John Ruskin in particular — a richer understanding of Clark’s ideas and beliefs can take shape.

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99 Sadleir’s collection of Gothic fiction is held in Princeton University Library and at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.

100 Hudson, Derek, ‘Sadleir, Michael Thomas Harvey (1888–1957)’, rev. Basu, Sayoni, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35904 (accessed on 2 March 2014)Google Scholar.

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104 Ibid., p. 2.

105 Ibid., p. 143.

106 Ibid. Colvin wrote to Clark in August 1949 affirming that ‘it is good news that the book is to be reprinted’ and explaining that John Piper had encouraged him to contact Clark with additional information and points for correction and annotation in the new edition (London, Tate Archives, 8812.1.4.1514, Howard Colvin to Kenneth Clark, 4 August 1949).

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