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Timothy James Clark (often as "T.J. Clark") was born in 1943 in Bristol, England. He is a noted Marxist art historian who currently holds the George C. and Helen N. Pardee Chair as Professor of Modern Art at the University of California Berkeley. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with T J Clark. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Bristol (IPA: brĭstəl) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London at , . With a population of 400,000, and metropolitan area of 550,000, it is Englands sixth, and the United Kingdoms ninth, most... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ... Modern art is a general term used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ...

Clark graduated with an A.B., from St. John's College, Cambridge University earning a first class distinction in 1964. He received his Ph.D. in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London in 1973. He lectured at Essex University 1967-1969 and then at Camberwell School of Art as a senior lecturer, 1970-1974. During this time he was also a member of the British Section of the Situationist International and was a participant in the Student and Worker Movement in Paris 1968. There are a number of colleges with the name St. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Courtauld Institute of Art is a listed organisation of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. ... The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Introduction The University of Essex is a Campus university based at Wivenhoe Park on the outskirts of Colchester (the oldest recorded town in Britain) in the English county of Essex, less than a mile from the town of Wivenhoe. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Categories: Stub | University of the Arts London | Art schools | Visual arts in the United Kingdom ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... The Situationist International (SI), an international political and artistic movement, originated in the Italian village of Cosio dArroscia on 28 July 1957 with the fusion of several extremely small artistic tendencies: the Lettrist International, the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus, and the London Psychogeographical Association. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

In 1973 he published two books based on his Ph.D. dissertation which launched his international career as an art historian. The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851 and Image of the People: Gustav Courbet and the Second French Republic, 1848-1851 were received as a manifesto of the new art history in the English language, provoking controversy as an unabashed Marxist interpretation of some well-traveled ground in art history. In 1974, a visiting professor position University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) turned into an associate professor rank. Clark returned to Britain and Leeds University to be chair of the Fine Art Department in 1976. In Leeds he co-authored with Griselda Pollock a number of articles attacking the work of Michael Fried. In 1980 Clark joined the School of Fine Arts faculty at Harvard University, setting off a furor among many traditional and connoisseurship-based faculty. Chief among his Harvard detractors was the Renaissance art historian Sydney Freedberg. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university located in the residential area of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... University Tower, University of Leeds The University of Leeds (United Kingdom) is amongst the largest of British universities and the most popular by applicants, with 52,444 applicants in 2003 for 7,228 places (UCAS). ... The Cornfield is an oil on canvas painting by John Constable in 1826 Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste (SOED 1991). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Michael Fried was a soldier in the U.S. Army. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... In the traditional view, the Renaissance is understood as a historical age that was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the Reformation. ...

Clark's works have provided a new form of art history that take a new direction from traditional preoccupations with style and iconography. His books revealed the political implications of the work of Courbet and Manet, suggesting that the paintings of these artists may have served an active role in the creation of social and political attitudes. Style may refer to genre, design, format, or appearance, including: Clothing: fashion Flower part: flower Music: music genre Sundial part: Gnomon Titles or honorifics: Style (manner of address) including Chinese courtesy names Web design: Cascading Style Sheets Writing: style guide and literary genre Linguistics: Variation in language use of an... Iconography usually refers to the design, creation, and interpretation of the symbolism within religious art. ... Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... Gustave Courbet (portrait by Nadar) Gustave Courbet (June 10, 1819 - December 31, 1877) was a French painter. ... Édouard Manet - 19th century French painter Mobile_ad-hoc_network - A self configuring wireless network This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... // Latin root meaning The term social is derived from the Latin word socius, which as a noun means an associate, ally, companion, business partner or comrade and in the adjectival form socialis refers to a bond between people (such as marriage) or to their collective or connected existence. ...

Publications

• "Image of the People: Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolution" (1973)
• "The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851" (1973)
• "The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and his Followers" (1985)
• "Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernism" (1999)
• "Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War" (2005), (a book jointly written with UC Berkeley Geography Professor Michael Watts and two independent San Francisco Bay Area writers, Iain Boal and Joseph Matthews.
• "The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing" (on two works by Nicolas Poussin, Forthcoming (2006))

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External links

• Timothy J. Clark, noted art historian, awarded Mellon Foundation grant
• Dictionary of Art Historians entry from which part of the entry was derived