![]() ![]() He died after a long illness on Augat the age of 74. An illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art. He also wrote a book by the same name about the series. ![]() It was seen by more than 25 million viewers when it ran first on BBC and then on PBS. ![]() He also hosted an eight-part documentary about the development of modernism from the Impressionists through Warhol entitled The Shock of the New. He wrote several books including The Fatal Shore, American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America, Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America, Things I Didn't Know, and Rome. He was chief art critic for Time magazine for over 30 years. ![]() He left Australia and spent time in Italy before settling in London, where he became a well-known critical voice and wrote for several newspapers. The Shock of the New is a 1980 documentary series by Robert Hughes that was broadcast by the BBC. He pursued art criticism mostly as a sideline while painting, writing poetry and serving as a cartoonist for the weekly intellectual journal The Observer. Available in used condition with free delivery in the UK. He studied art and architecture at the University of Sydney. Buy The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change By Robert Hughes. Robert Hughes was born in Sydney, Australia on July 28, 1938. ![]()
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