AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America
de Hughes, Robert
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 186046372X
- ISBN 13
- 9781860463723
- Librería
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
London: The Harvill Press, 1997. ix, + 635pp., colour art frontispiece, plus colour and b/white plates throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Black cloth boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated ('The Lightning Field', Walter de Maria, 1977) dustjacket very mildly edge-creased and indented, tiny blemish to spine. "Lavishly illustrated and packed with biographies, anecdotes, astute and stimulating critical commentary, and a sharp social history, 'American Visions' was published to complement the six-part BBC television series shown in 1996. Robert Hughes has called it 'A love letter to America'. This superb volume, which encompasses and enlarges upon the series, is an incomparably entertaining and insightful contemplation of its splendid subject." Contents include: Introduction, 9 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 2.46 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good.
Sinopsis
Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. He has lived and worked in the United States since 1970. He has been art critic for TIME magazine for more than 25 years. His books include monographs on painters Lucien Freud and Frank Auerbach, a history of Australian art, Heaven and Hell in Western Art (1969), The Shock of the New (1981), The Fatal Shore (1987), a book of social criticism entitled The Culture of Complaint (1995), Barcelona (1992), and a collection of reviews, Nothing If Not Critical (1990). Hughes is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work, most recently an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 009779
- Título
- AMERICAN VISIONS : The Epic History of Art in America
- Autor
- Hughes, Robert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition, First Impression
- ISBN 10
- 186046372X
- ISBN 13
- 9781860463723
- Editorial
- The Harvill Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1997
- Palabras clave
- ART, AMERICA, UNITED STATES, HISTORY,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Arts and Crafts;
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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