The shock of novelty
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The shock of novelty
39.99 €
The legendary book by the famous art historian and art critic Robert Hughes "The Shock of Novelty" was published in 1980. Each of its eight chapters corresponded to a series of the documentary of the same name, prepared by Robert Hughes in collaboration with the BBC television channel, and presented with great success to television viewers in the same 1980.
In Hughes' book, art, beginning with the avant-garde movements of the late nineteenth century, is presented in close relationship with the surrounding reality, rooted in history. The author demonstrates how significant the experience of the epoch turns out to be for the art of the modernist era, and how for many of the key art movements of the twentieth century the search for expressive means in an attempt to describe this experience turns out to be the main creative and driving force. The ingenuity with which Robert Hughes is able to translate this to the reader through a skillfully chosen example, a well-crafted phrase, is the heart of this book's success.
In Hughes' book, art, beginning with the avant-garde movements of the late nineteenth century, is presented in close relationship with the surrounding reality, rooted in history. The author demonstrates how significant the experience of the epoch turns out to be for the art of the modernist era, and how for many of the key art movements of the twentieth century the search for expressive means in an attempt to describe this experience turns out to be the main creative and driving force. The ingenuity with which Robert Hughes is able to translate this to the reader through a skillfully chosen example, a well-crafted phrase, is the heart of this book's success.
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