The shock of the new

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Knopf, 1981 - Art - 423 pages
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Wonderful pictures - some even full page! Nice overview of the last hundred years or so of art (through the 1980s) -- wow, and to think I've lived through about thirty years of this...(!). Read full review

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Coming late to the party, this tie-in to an early 1980s TV documentary series, I both like reading his poignant and wide-ranging introduction to 20th century art (that remains very wedded to the 19th ... Read full review

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About the author (1981)

Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where until 2001 he was chief art critic for Time, to which he still contributes. He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work.

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TitleThe shock of the new
AuthorRobert Hughes
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherKnopf, 1981
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 8, 2007
ISBN0394513789, 9780394513782
Length423 pages
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Art / History / General
Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
  
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