Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012

The shock of the new : art and the century of change / Robert Hughes. - Updated and enlarged edition. - 444 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm

Previous ed. published: London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mechanical paradise -- Faces of power -- Landscape of pleasure -- Trouble in Utopia -- Threshold of liberty -- View from the edge -- Culture as nature -- Future that was.

An illustrated 100-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard.

0500275823 9780500275825


Art, Modern--19th century
Art, Modern--20th century.

N6447 / .H83 1991

709.04