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

Hughes, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0563209062 ISBN 13: 9780563209065

Publisher: BBC Books, 1991

Synopsis

An updated and enlarged edition of a history of 20th century art which aims to combine wit, anecdote and scholarship. It incorporates a chapter on the 1980s. The author's other books include "The Fatal Shore" and "Nothing If Not Critical".

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Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: BBC Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0563209062
• ISBN 13: 9780563209065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432