The spectacle of skill : selected writings of Robert Hughes / Robert Hughes.
| Author/creator | Hughes, Robert author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | xv, 667 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Mechanical paradise. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Faces of power. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Harbor and the exiles. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Horse foaled by an acorn. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Geographical unconscious. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Decline of the city of Mahagonny. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 John Singer Sargent. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 James Whistler. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Thomas Eakins. |
| Included Work | Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 Jackson Pollock. |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections |
| Contents | The Shock of the New. The Mechanical Paradise ; The Faces of Power -- The Fatal Shore . The Harbor and the Exiles ; A Horse Foaled by an Acorn ; The Geographical Unconscious -- Nothing if Not Critical . The Decline of the City of Mahagonny ; John Singer Sargent ; James Whistler ; Thomas Eakins ; Jackson Pollock ; Mark Rothko in Babylon ; Andy Warhol ; Julian Schnabel ; Art and money -- Barcelona. The Color of a Dog Running Away ; "If Not, Not" ; Going to the Fair ; The Hermit in the Cave of Making -- American Visions -- A Jerk on One End -- Goya. Driving into Goya ; The Caprichos ; War with Napoleon -- Things I Didn't Know. A Bloody Expat ; A Sydney Childhood ; Among the Cadets of Christ ; Uni and After ; Wading in Florence -- Rome. Prologue ; Renaissance ; Epilogue -- From the Unfinished Memoir. Coming to Time ; SoHo ; Graft -- Things You Didn't Know ; My Friend Robert Rauschenberg ; 20/20 ; The Shock of the New ; High Trash ; Tuna Surprise ; Long Island ; Helga ; Danton -- I Hardly Knew You. |
| Abstract | "A selection of the best writing by the most important--and thunderously outspoken--art and culture critic of our time, including approximately 125 never-before-seen pages from the unfinished second volume of his memoir, which he was working on at the time of his death in 2012. With an introduction by Adam Gopnik"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| LCCN | 2015024311 |
| ISBN | 9781400044450 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1400044456 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | N7445.2 .H83 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |