Books: Clark's Pique

ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD by KENNETH CLARK 287 pages. Harper & Row. $11.

The Kenneth Clark known to millions of television viewers (Civilisation; The Romantic Rebellion) is the very portrait of composure. His U voice and elegant gazeĀ—aimed levelly at the masterpieces and just slightly down upon his culture-hungry audienceĀ—seem capable of expressing anything but doubt. Who could guess that behind this aplomb a second Kenneth Clark lurks, irreverent, funny and tortuously complex? Another Part of the Wood, in effect, is an autobiographical ambush brilliantly staged by this Clark against his camera ego....

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