Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. In 1970, he moved to the United States to become chief art critic for Time, a position he held until 2001. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, The Culture of Complaint, Barcelona, American Visions, A Jerk on One End, Goya, Things I Didn’t Know, and Rome. He is a New York Public Library Literary Lion and was the recipient of a number of literary awards and prizes, including two Frank Jewell-Mather Awards. He is widely held as the most respected art critic of our time.
"One of the greatest non-fiction books I’ve ever read . . . Hughes
brings us an entire world." —Los Angeles Times
"A great achievement: Hughes has a story to tell as vivid,
large-scale, and appalling as anything by Dickens or Solzhenitsyn,
but one that’s virtually unknown—until the writing of this splendid
book." —Susan Sontag
"Engrossing . . . richly peopled with bizarre and compelling
characters." —The New York Times Book Review
"A magnificent history, with a richness of detail that is as
mesmerizing as it is horrifying. . . . It is both passionate and
compassionate." —The Washington Post Book World
"Splendid . . . Robert Hughes combines the narrative skills of the
authors of Mutiny on the Bounty with the sharp eye of de
Tocqueville." —Gorde Vidal
"A brilliant and enduring achievement . . . history of the highest
order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and
thoughtful assessment." —Arthur M. Schlesinger
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