The Shock Of The New: Art And The Century Of Change
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when art breaks free from tradition and lunges headlong into the unknown? The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change is Robert Hughes' magisterial chronicle of modern art's turbulent journey across the twentieth century — from the audacious experiments of Cubism and Expressionism to the provocations of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. With the authority of a seasoned critic and the narrative verve of a master storyteller, Hughes presents the great movements and masterworks of modernism not as rarefied museum pieces, but as urgent, living responses to a world convulsed by war, technology, and ideological upheaval. Companion to the landmark BBC television series, this work stands as one of the most significant and accessible surveys of modern art ever written, illustrating how artists from Picasso and Matisse to Warhol and Duchamp reshaped the very definition of what art could be. Hughes argues with passionate conviction that art is inseparable from history, that every brushstroke and sculpture carries the fingerprints of its age. Written with wit, intellectual rigour, and an uncompromising critical eye, this is essential reading for anyone who has ever stood before a modern canvas and wondered — what does it all mean?
Author: Robert Hughes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, British Broadcasting Corporation
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when art breaks free from tradition and lunges headlong into the unknown? The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change is Robert Hughes' magisterial chronicle of modern art's turbulent journey across the twentieth century — from the audacious experiments of Cubism and Expressionism to the provocations of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. With the authority of a seasoned critic and the narrative verve of a master storyteller, Hughes presents the great movements and masterworks of modernism not as rarefied museum pieces, but as urgent, living responses to a world convulsed by war, technology, and ideological upheaval. Companion to the landmark BBC television series, this work stands as one of the most significant and accessible surveys of modern art ever written, illustrating how artists from Picasso and Matisse to Warhol and Duchamp reshaped the very definition of what art could be. Hughes argues with passionate conviction that art is inseparable from history, that every brushstroke and sculpture carries the fingerprints of its age. Written with wit, intellectual rigour, and an uncompromising critical eye, this is essential reading for anyone who has ever stood before a modern canvas and wondered — what does it all mean?