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American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America

American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America

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American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America

by Hughes, Robert

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9780679426271
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good+ DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. With 365 illustrations, 323 in full color. Hardcover. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings. Bright copy. Glossy paper. DJ is glossy, clean, crisp.

Synopsis

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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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
NF50954
Title
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
Author
Hughes, Robert
Illustrator
n/a
Book Condition
Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition
Very Good+ DJ
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0679426272
ISBN 13
9780679426271
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1997
Pages
635pp
Size
8vo = over 9"
Keywords
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