The Shock of the New: The Hundred=Year History of Modern ArtA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. |
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... THE MECHANICAL PARADISE Two THE FACES OF POWER Three THE LANDSCAPE OF PLEASURE Four TROUBLE IN UTOPIA Five THE THRESHOLD OF LIBERTY Six THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE Seven CULTURE AS NATURE Eight THE FUTURE THAT WAS Bibliography.
... THE MECHANICAL PARADISE Two THE FACES OF POWER Three THE LANDSCAPE OF PLEASURE Four TROUBLE IN UTOPIA Five THE THRESHOLD OF LIBERTY Six THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE Seven CULTURE AS NATURE Eight THE FUTURE THAT WAS Bibliography.
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The Hundred=Year History of Modern Art Robert Hughes. Seven CULTURE AS NATURE Eight THE FUTURE THAT WAS Bibliography Index Illustration Credits A Note About the Television Series A Note About the Author Other Books by This Author ...
The Hundred=Year History of Modern Art Robert Hughes. Seven CULTURE AS NATURE Eight THE FUTURE THAT WAS Bibliography Index Illustration Credits A Note About the Television Series A Note About the Author Other Books by This Author ...
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... nature whose last efflorescence was in the work of Monet and Renoir. The master-image of painting was no longer landscape but the metropolis. In the country, things grow; but the essence of manufacture, of the city, is process, and this ...
... nature whose last efflorescence was in the work of Monet and Renoir. The master-image of painting was no longer landscape but the metropolis. In the country, things grow; but the essence of manufacture, of the city, is process, and this ...
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... nature or townscape was an extreme and rare curiosity, and when the photographer Nadar took his camera up in a balloon in 1856, his daguerreotypes were not only snapped up by the public but also commemorated, in a spirit of friendly ...
... nature or townscape was an extreme and rare curiosity, and when the photographer Nadar took his camera up in a balloon in 1856, his daguerreotypes were not only snapped up by the public but also commemorated, in a spirit of friendly ...
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... nature; almost every Cubist painting is a still-life, and one in which manmade objects predominate over natural ones like flowers or fruit. Cubism as practised by its inventors and chief interpreters — Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Gris ...
... nature; almost every Cubist painting is a still-life, and one in which manmade objects predominate over natural ones like flowers or fruit. Cubism as practised by its inventors and chief interpreters — Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Gris ...
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