The shock of the new: art and the century of change - Brossura

Hughes, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0500275823 ISBN 13: 9780500275825

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 1991

Riassunto

This legendary book has been universally hailed as the best, the most readable and the most provocative account of modern art ever written. Through each of the thematic chapters Hughes keeps his story grounded in the history of the 20th century, demonstrating how modernism sought to describe the experience of that era and showing how for many key art movements this was a task of vital importance. The way in which Hughes brings that vitality and immediacy back through the well-chosen example and well-turned phrase is the heart of this book's success.

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Recensione:

The definitive book on 20th-century art and design. --Creative Review

A genuine landmark, presenting the story of 20th-century art with unparalleled immediacy. --Elle Decoration

L'autore:

Robert Hughes has been an art critic for Time magazine since 1970. His eight-part BBC/Time-Life television series, on which this book is based, has been broadcast throughout the United States on public television. He has received the Franklin Jewett Mather Award for Distinguished Criticism from the College Art Association of America twice, and he has authored the Art of Australia (1966); Heaven and Hell in Western Art (1969); and Nothing If Not Critical (1990), a collection of essays on art and artists.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0500275823
• ISBN 13: 9780500275825
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 444