Robert Hughes

La storia sconvolgente di come l'Europa concepi l'idea di trasformare un continente, l'Australia, in un immane campo di concentramento. Pullulante di personaggi che fanno pensare a Dickens e a Dostoevskij, questa sinistra epopea, dopo essere stata a lungo rimossa, ha trovato in Robert Hughes il suo cantore.

The critic Robert Hughes describes Lucian Freud's quest for a reality beyond naturalism, which has produced some of the most powerful and moving paintings - particularly portraits - of recent decades. Hughes is also author of "The Shock of the New", the book of the television series.

Secondo la dottrina americana del "politically correct" (mai apertamente enunciata ma ferocemente applicata) tutto deve essere "politicamente corretto": dai comportamenti sessuali ai gusti letterari, al modo di parlare, di vestirsi, di scrivere. Esisterebbe dunque un modo "giusto" di fare le cose. Secondo l'autore il pungolo segreto del "politicamente corretto" e l'insofferenza nei confronti di tutto cio che ha una qualita, e per questo motivo stesso si distingue, operando una discriminazione verso tutto il circostante.

Robert Hughes has been a regular visitor to Barcelona since the 1960s and published a book about the city in 1992 that was quickly hailed as a classic. In "Barcelona the Great Enchantress," Hughes crafts a more personal tale of his nearly forty-year love affair with the Spanish metropolis, one of the most vibrant and fascinating cities in Europe. Beginning with a vivid description of his wedding in the splendid medieval ceremonial chamber in Barcelona's city hall, Hughes launches into a lively account of the history, art, and architecture of the storied city. He tells of architectural treasures abounding in 14th-century Barcelona, establishing it as one of Europe's great Gothic cities, while Madrid was hardly more than a cluster of huts. The city spawned such great artists as Antoni Gaudi, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Casals. Hughes's deep knowledge of the city is evident--but it's his personal reflections of what Barcelona, its people, and its storied history and culture have meant to him over the decades that sets "Barcelona the Great Enchantress" apart from all others' books.

The starting point of this journey through Goya's life in 18th-century Spain is Hughes' own first encounter with the artist's work when he was a student in Australia. The remainder of the book charts the artist's entire career, describing his painted and graphic oeuvre within its historical context. Particular attention is paid to Goya's patrons, his favourite themes (portraits, scenes of warfare and terror, satirical prints and so on), his criticism of the Catholic Church and encounters with the Inquisition, his fierce anti-war stance and his reputation in his lifetime. What emerges is a picture of an artist deeply engaged with life around him and fully committed to documenting it with an unflinching eye for truth and injustice.

Art critic Hughes examines the life and work of Francisco Goya (1746- 1828), placing each within its historical context. Coverage includes Goya's early works commissioned by the Church, his long career at the royal court, and the sinister and cryptic work of his later years. The volume features 221 illustrations in b&w and color.

El pasatiempo favorito de Robert Hugues le sirve de excusa para su nuevo libro, que es también su primer libro autobiográfico: un volumen sobre sus aventuras con la pesca.

El libro más provocativo sobre arte contemporáneo, un auténtico clásico escrito por el crítico de arte más prestigioso e influyente de la actualidad. Con prosa enérgica y estilo depurado, ésta es una historia excelentemente documentada sobre el arte del siglo XX, l arte que ha conmocionado, amenazado e indignado a sus detractores, pero tambien el que ha sorprendido y cautivado a sus admiradores. Especial de Arte Contemporaneo .

From the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore comes a monumentally informed and irresistibly readable work of history, art criticism, and urban anthropology devoted to the most un-Spanish city in Spain. "Confirms Hughes's authority as a first-rate chronicler and historian".--The New York Times Book Review.