The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change - Hardcover

Hughes, Robert

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9780563177807: The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change

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ISBN 10: 0563177802 ISBN 13: 9780563177807

Publisher: BBC Books, 1980

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An updated and enlarged edition of this book on twentieth-century art. Now Robert Hughes has written a major new chapter on the 1980's which brings us the story of the art that was modern - and confronts that art with a powerful challenge for the future.

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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% of the 275 illustrations in the revised edition are in 4-color.

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