Robert Hughes was an Australian art critic and writer, renowned for his incisive critiques of modern art and history. His work often delves into the complex relationship between art, society, and power. Hughes possessed a sharp intellect, a keen eye for detail, and a distinctive, often critical, voice that challenged readers and viewers alike. Through his influential books and television documentaries, he significantly shaped public understanding and discourse surrounding art and its historical context.
Exploring the insights of 21st-century European thinkers, the book delves into the concept of art as a profound interaction between a sensuous object and an aesthetic subject. It examines how art reveals the boundaries of both form and deformation, challenging the viewer's perceptions and experiences. By focusing on this dynamic relationship, the work highlights the unsettling nature of aesthetic engagement and the limits of reality.
The narrative immerses readers in the perilous realm of organized crime, focusing on individuals raised in Mafia families. It explores their struggles with inherited legacies of secrecy and loyalty, as they confront the duality of their heritage while striving to carve out their own identities. Themes of honor and betrayal are intricately woven throughout, creating a suspenseful and intense journey into the complexities of life within the Mafia.
Focusing on community development, this handbook emphasizes the importance of strength-based interactions and robust relationships with individuals and groups. It encourages readers to reflect on their current practices, offering new perspectives and reinforcing sustainable outcomes that are independent of external influences. By simplifying the process of engaging with communities, the book aims to empower practitioners to foster meaningful connections and enhance their effectiveness in community work.
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome--as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization covering the span from the city's origins more than two thousand years ago through the twentieth century.
The book delves into the intersection of art and ethics, examining how American Romantic writers and modern continental philosophers utilize artistic expression to explore moral questions. It highlights the significance of creativity in ethical discourse, revealing the ways in which these thinkers engage with art to convey complex ideas about morality and human experience. Through this lens, the work offers insights into the evolving relationship between artistic representation and ethical considerations across different historical contexts.
Er kam aus der Provinz, wurde Hofmaler in Madrid und genoss als erster Maler des Königs hohes Ansehen, blieb jedoch ein Außenseiter: Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) porträtierte sowohl die Mächtigen seiner Zeit als auch Verbrecher, Bettler und Irre. Seine Alltagsszenen und die Traumbilder seiner bizarren Phantasie sind von gleicher Ausdruckskraft. Robert Hughes, ein brillanter Kunsthistoriker und Schriftsteller, erzählt in dieser reich bebilderten Biografie, wie Goya die Konflikte seiner Zeit erlebte und wie er in seiner Kunst die Tradition vollendete und die Moderne begründete. Hughes verehrt Goya seit seiner Jugend, als er eine Kopie von Goyas Radierung „Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer“ erwarb. Der Entschluss, eine Biografie über Goya zu schreiben, reifte über Jahrzehnte. In diesem bewegenden Buch werden auch die frühen Wandgemälde Goyas im Aula-Dei-Kloster analysiert. Es ist einfühlsam und leicht erzählt, tiefgründig in der Analyse und reich an faszinierenden Einblicken in die Epoche zwischen Aufklärung und Restauration. John Updike beschreibt es als „eine gründliche, vielschichtige und großartig bebilderte Hommage für den großen Goya“, während Michael Glover und Julia Blackburn die sorgfältige Recherche und die Analyse von Goyas Modernität loben.
Essential reading for anyone planning to live or work in the Gulf States or Saudi Arabia and the most up-to-date source of practical information available about everyday life. It's guaranteed to hasten your introduction to the Arabian way of life, and, most importantly, will save you time trouble and money! The best-selling and most comprehensive book about living and working in the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia, containing up to three times as much information
Ein weltweit anerkannter und für seinen brillanten Stil gerühmter Kunstkritiker schreibt sich seine Gedanken und Gefühle über das (Fliegen-)Fischen von der Seele. Man muss nicht Fische fangen können oder wollen, um sich von diesem Buch bezaubern zu lassen. „Dieses Buch ist so reich an eleganten Formulierungen, wie sie Anglern oder auch Lesern noch kaum je begegnet sind.“ New York Times Book Review „Es gibt zwei Arten, über das Angeln zu schreiben. Eine, die erklärt, wie es geht, und eine, die erklärt, was es bedeutet. Natürlich ist die zweite die weitaus interessantere - wenn jemand das so großartig macht wie Robert Hughes.“ New York Times
Clinical Practice and the Subject of the Unconscious
208 pages
8 hours of reading
After Lacan combines abundant case material with graceful yet sophisticated theoretical exposition in order to explore the clinical practice of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Focusing on the groundbreaking clinical treatment of psychosis that Gifric (Groupe Interdisciplinaire Freudien de Recherches et d'Interventions Cliniques et Culturelles) has pioneered in Quebec, the authors discuss how Lacanians theorize psychosis and how Gifric has come to treat it analytically. Chapters are devoted to the general concepts and key terms that constitute the touchstones of the early phase of analytic treatment, elaborating their interrelations and their clinical relevance. The second phase of analytic treatment is also discussed, introducing a new set of terms to understand transference and the ethical act of analysis in the subject's assumption of the Other's lack. The concluding chapters broaden discussion to include the key psychic structures that describe the organization of subjectivity and thereby dictate the terms of not just psychosis, but also perversion and obsessional and hysterical neurosis.
"The Portable Magritte" represents a new approach to the enjoyment and study of art in book form. With more than 400 color reproductions and a compact handheld size, this book manages to be affordable and comprehensive. It's like a catalogue raisonne that fits in a backpack. This accessible format is a perfect match for the paintings of Rene Magritte-one of the few twentieth-century painters whose works are immediately approachable and who has an enduring cultlike following. His surrealistic and mysterious visions always provoke introspective thought and imagination. All of Magritte's most characteristic and beloved motifs-the green apple, the bowler hat, and the dreamlike twilight hour-make their appearance, along with some surprising lesser-known paintings. The artist's method and meaning is explored in an intriguing essay by Robert Hughes, the art critic for "Time" magazine and acclaimed commentator on art and culture. A hip and current update on this timeless artist, "The Portable Magritte" makes an ideal gift for students as well as art lovers of any age.
Articles selected to improve reading skills while learning about life in the United States. Exercises help to understand the main points, vocabulary, and idioms. The tapes feature readings of the articles to build listening comprehension and pronunciation skills.
Robert Hughes has been the art critic for Time magazine since 1970. His eight part BBC/Time-Life television series, on which this book is based, has been broadcast widely in the United States on public television. Mr. Hughes is the author of the greatly acclaimed best-selling The Fatal Shore and Nothing If Not Critical, a collection of his essays on art and artists.
Van de oostkust naar het Wilde Westen en terug leest als een jongensboek. Criticus Robert Hughes beschrijft in zijn epos de ontwikkeling van de Amerikaanse kunst door de eeuwen heen, met een mix van lof en kritiek. Hij noemt zijn werk een 'liefdesbrief aan Amerika', maar zijn teleurstelling over de huidige staat van de kunst is duidelijk. Hughes stelt dat de kunst, ooit sterk en inventief, nu in verval is, beïnvloed door een cultuur van gefrustreerde verwachtingen. Hij verwijst naar de geschiedenis van de Amerikaanse expansie, waarbij de onderwerping van het continent werd afgebeeld in idealistische landschappen, zoals die van Albert Bierstadt.
Hughes' boek is een rijk geïllustreerd overzicht dat de lezer meeneemt door de tijd, van de zeventiende eeuw tot de moderne kunst. Hij verkent de verbinding tussen de heroïsche neoclassicistische stijl en het minimalisme van de twintigste eeuw, en benadrukt de volkskunst van de Amish als een voorloper van moderne geometrische patronen. Ondanks zijn kritiek op abstracte kunst, toont Hughes een diepgaande nieuwsgierigheid naar de wortels van de Amerikaanse kunst en de culturele invloeden die deze hebben gevormd.
Zijn vertelling is een dynamische reis van de oostkust naar het westen, vol verwijzingen naar de pioniersgeest en de voortdurende zoektocht naar vooruitgang. Hughes' werk is zowel een cultuurhistorische beschouwing als een pleidooi voor de kracht en de schoonheid van de Amerikaa
Von den indianischen Ureinwohnern und den ersten spanischen Eroberern bis hin zur Gegenwart reicht die einzigartige Reihe der „Bilder von Amerika“, die Robert Hughes in diesem Buch versammelt. Profunde Sachkenntnis und ein messerscharfes, sich keinerlei Marktkriterien beugendes Urteil, ein eleganter und geschliffener Stil, tiefes Einfühlungsvermögen und vor allem Intelligenz, Witz und Ironie - alles Eigenschaften, die Robert Hughes kennzeichnen. Sie machen dieses umfassende Panorama der amerikanischen Kunst zu einem Leseabenteuer. Somit erfährt man nicht nur viel über die Kunst eine Landes, sondern auch viel über das Land selbst.
In this radical account of the decline of 20th-century American culture, the
art critic of Time magazine insists that the politicization of almost every
area of American culture has resulted in a fall in the standards required to
hold such a diverse society together.
A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.
The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps. One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read . . . Hughes brings us an entire world. --Los Angeles Times
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. "One of the greatest non-fiction books I’ve ever read ... Hughes brings us an entire world." —Los Angeles Times Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking, definitive account of the settling of Australia. Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, The Fatal Shore brings to life the history of the country we thought we knew.
