The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change by Robert Hughes Groundswell Speaker 2024 BirlinnISBN: 9781780278803Extent: 240 pages

BirlinnISBN: 9781780278803Extent: 240 pages

disregarded rules and viewed the traditional German work ethic with the disdain of someone to whom everything comes naturally

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BloomsburyISBN: 9781526630254Extent: 480 pages

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The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change by Robert Hughes Groundswell Speaker 2024 BirlinnISBN: 9781780278803Extent: 240 pagesThis 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