The Shock Of The New: Art And The Century Of Change

Author: Robert Hughes

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Price : $84.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780500600214
Publisher : Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint : Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Weight (g) : 1.74
Publication date : 05 May 2009
Dimensions : 276mm X 202mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Robert Hughes
Series : 60th Anniversary Edition
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Edition : Special edition
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Dewey classification : 709.04
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Pages : 448
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Illustrations : 269 colour illustrations
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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 that for many key art movements this was a practical 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 books success.

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