The Shock of the new / Robert Hughes.
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TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 444 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN: - 0070311277
- N6447 .H83 1991
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Outgrowth of the eight-part BBC/Time-Life television series written and narrated by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-433) and index.
1. The Mechanical Paradise.2. The Abiding Violence.3. The Landscape of Pleasure.4. Trouble in Utopia.5. The Threshold of Liberty.6. The View from the Edge.7. Culture as Nature.8. The Future That Was.
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 per cent of the 275 illustrations in the revised edition are in 4-color.
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