The Shock of the New - Art and the Century of Change (Paperback, Updated and enlarged edition)

When it first appeared Robert Hughes's book was hailed as 'probably the best introduction to modern art available to the general reader', and the years that followed have established it as a classic. This edition brings us into the 1990s and confronts art with a powerful challenge for its future. It combines style and wit, anecdote and scholarship to encourage you to look at art with new eyes. (Kirkus UK)

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 showing how for many key art movements this was a 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 book's success.

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1991
First published:	1991
Authors:	Robert Hughes
Dimensions:	274 x 203 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	444
Edition:	Updated and enlarged edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-27582-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-500-27582-3
Barcode:	9780500275825

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