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The Shock of the New
by Robert Hughes
ISBN: 0070311277
ISBN-13: 9780070311275
Format: Paperback
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Summary
An expanded book version of an eight-part BBC television series, this volume presents a broad thematic summary of modern art. The title derives from a study of seven significant modern art exhibitions by a friend of the author, Ian Dunlop. Robert Hughes is the art critic for Time magazine, and one of the world's most respected, and controversial, authorities on art.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
Published date: 1991
Edition: 2nd edition
Size: 8 x 10.75 inches
Weight: 2.95 pounds
Pages: 444
Publisher's Notes
This authoritative, lively book, based on the BBC Time-Life television series, provides a comprehensive survey of the birth and development of modern art and an updated discussion of the European and American art movements in the 70s and 80s including minimalist and public art, 70s American painting, German Neo-Expressionism, art by women, and environmental art. "The Future that Was," the final chapter, is completely rewritten and updated. 75% of the 275 illustrations in the revised edition are in 4-color.
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The Shock of the New the Hundred Year History of Modern Art Its Rise Its Dazzling Achievement Its Fall
Hughes, Robert
New York: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, 1991 Pp 446.With 269 illustrations most of themn in colour"the author's powerful response to painting, sculpture and architecture his brilliantly expressive narrative voice, his lively scholarship and wit, and the critical praise he demonstrates as a critic for Time magazine combine to make this book the best account we have yet had of art and artists spanning the last century, from the coming of Cubism to the ens of the avant-garde". Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Paperback. Larger 8vo. ( more information)
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The Shock of the New
Hughes, Robert
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. A crisp, clean copy with a trace of soiling to the bottom board edges and a few scattered, tiny fox marks to the top edges. The bright dust jacket has a small closed tear at each spine end. 423 pp., Index, Bibliography, many color plates. Beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art; companion to the television series by one of the best art critics of all time.. First U.S. Edition. Wraps. Fine -/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
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The Shock of the New
Hughes, Robert
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1991 444 pp., illus. (some col.), biblio., index; 28 cm. Good+. Previous owner's signature/inside front cover, otherwise tight & clean. Creased back cover. Age toning. First thus. "This authoritative, lively book, based on the BBC Time-Life television series, provides a comprehensive survey of the birth and development of modern art and an updated discussion of the European and American art movements in the 70s and 80s including minimalist and public art, 70s American painting, German Neo-Expressionism, art by women, and environmental art. 'The Future that Was,' the final chapter, is completely rewritten and updated. 75% of the 275 illustrations in the revised edition are in 4-color. / 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." - Publisher.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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The Shock of The New (Qty: 3)
HUGHES, ROBERT
MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION - EUROPE, 1991. REV ED. Brand new. Provides a survey of the birth and development of modern art. This work discusses about the European and American art movements in the 70s and 80s, including minimalist and public art, 70s American painting, German Neo-Expressionism, and environmental art ( more information)
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