Kenneth Clark – författare

A landmark study of the nude in art—from the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore—by a towering figure in art historyIn this classic book, Kenneth Clark, one of the most eminent art historians of the twentieth century, examines the ever-changing fashion in what constitutes the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form, from the art of the ancient Greeks to that of Renoir, Matisse, and Henry Moore. The Nude reveals the sensitivity of aesthetic theory to fashion, what distinguishes the naked from the nude, and just why the nude has played such an important role in art history. As Clark writes, “The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object, the human body, and puts it out of reach of time and desire; it takes the most purely rational concept of which man is capable, mathematical order, and makes it a delight to the senses; and it takes the vague fears of the unknown and sweetens them by showing that the gods are like men and may be worshipped for their life-giving beauty rather than their death-dealing powers.”Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size.

Born in Washington, DC, Ken Clark grew up the oldest of 6 children to Richard and Mary Clark. His parents had several entrepreneurial ventures, including real estate and restaurants, where Ken and his siblings worked as children. After graduating, Ken set off to California to open and run a Nutrition shop. In 1979, he came back to the East Coast to join his father in his first mortgage company venture. After buying out his father and adding a Virginia state chartered bank to his lending portfolio, he grew Sentry Mortgage Bankers while maintaining a small broker shop called First Guaranty Mortgage. After selling Sentry, the time was return to turn First Guaranty into a national lender and in 1995 set up its headquarters in Tysons Corner, VA. Now with licenses in 44 states and relationships with Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, HUD and the Veterans Administration, Ken is able to help folks around the country stay in their homes and improve their financial situations. He takes great price in accomplishing this goal and looks forward to the time when the American Dream of home ownership is a reality again for every person in this country.

During this period of uncertainty with mortgages and housing, Ken along with a largegroup of employees that work with him, spend numerous hours working daily to create,change and come up with ideas that help people that are caught in a mortgage and housingdebacle that certainly he after 30 years in the business and most people living today havenever seen. He has vowed that regardless of what the Government does for banks and theenormous advantage they have with our money as deposits, he will survive, move forwardand keep FHA, a company that was created to help the underserved and young militaryfamilies after World War I, and anybody that needed somebody to show compassion andthe willingness to see the person as a whole.

Kens underwriting style which has proven to certainly be with FHA one of the best in thecountry. He does not look at the persons past credit only but rather that along with his futurebelief in their ability to make a payment, the one lender that wants and believes that peopleare basically good and that delinquencies are basically extenuating circumstances.

Kenneth Clark''s sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation.The author takes us from Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these historical backgrounds he sketches an extraordinary cast of characters -- the men and women who gave new energy to civilisation and expanded our understanding of the world and of ourselves. He also highlights the works of genius they produced -- in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, and in science and engineering, from Raphael''s School of Athens to the bridges of Brunel.