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AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America

AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America

AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America

AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America

by Hughes, Robert

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ISBN 13
9781860463723
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London: The Harvill Press, 1997. ix, + 635pp., colour art frontispiece, plus colour and b/white plates throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Black cloth boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated ('The Lightning Field', Walter de Maria, 1977) dustjacket very mildly edge-creased and indented, tiny blemish to spine. "Lavishly illustrated and packed with biographies, anecdotes, astute and stimulating critical commentary, and a sharp social history, 'American Visions' was published to complement the six-part BBC television series shown in 1996. Robert Hughes has called it 'A love letter to America'. This superb volume, which encompasses and enlarges upon the series, is an incomparably entertaining and insightful contemplation of its splendid subject." Contents include: Introduction, 9 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 2.46 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. He has lived and worked in the United States since 1970. He has been art critic for TIME magazine for more than 25 years. His books include monographs on painters Lucien Freud and Frank Auerbach, a history of Australian art, Heaven and Hell in Western Art (1969), The Shock of the New (1981), The Fatal Shore (1987), a book of social criticism entitled The Culture of Complaint (1995), Barcelona (1992), and a collection of reviews, Nothing If Not Critical (1990). Hughes is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work, most recently an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America
Author
Hughes, Robert
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition, First Impression
ISBN 10
186046372X
ISBN 13
9781860463723
Publisher
The Harvill Press
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1997
Keywords
ART, AMERICA, UNITED STATES, HISTORY,
Bookseller catalogs
Arts and Crafts;

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