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Robert 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. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, Barcelona, and Goya. He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work.
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The Fatal Shore
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: February 12, 1988
Price: $19.95
The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffereing and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: February 12, 1988
Price: $19.95
The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffereing and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps. Read more >
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Goya
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $29.95
Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works on subjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (The Fatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), the nature of American art (American Visions), and the nature of America itself as seen through its art (The... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $29.95
Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works on subjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (The Fatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), the nature of American art (American Visions), and the nature of America itself as seen through its art (The... Read more >
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Barcelona
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: March 9, 1993
Price: $19.95
Barcelona is Robert Hughes's monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain. Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: March 9, 1993
Price: $19.95
Barcelona is Robert Hughes's monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain. Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern... Read more >
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American Visions
Format: Trade Paperback, 648 pages
On Sale: November 9, 1999
Price: $50.00
Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.
The intense relationship between the American people... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 648 pages
On Sale: November 9, 1999
Price: $50.00
Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.
The intense relationship between the American people... Read more >
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The Shock of the New
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: August 13, 1991
Price: $49.95
A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: August 13, 1991
Price: $49.95
A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Read more >
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Things I Didn't Know
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $15.95
Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects, from the city of Barcelona to the history of his native Australia. Now he turns that eye inward, onto himself and the world that formed him. Hughes analyzes his experiences the way he might examine a Van Gogh or a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $15.95
Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects, from the city of Barcelona to the history of his native Australia. Now he turns that eye inward, onto himself and the world that formed him. Hughes analyzes his experiences the way he might examine a Van Gogh or a... Read more >
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Things I Didn't Know
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2009
Price: $15.95
Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects: from Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Goya) to the city of Barcelona (Barcelona) to the history of his native Australia (The Fatal Shore) to modern American mores and values (The Culture of Complaint). Now he turns that eye on perhaps his most... Read more >
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2009
Price: $15.95
Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects: from Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Goya) to the city of Barcelona (Barcelona) to the history of his native Australia (The Fatal Shore) to modern American mores and values (The Culture of Complaint). Now he turns that eye on perhaps his most... Read more >
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