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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

De geschiedenis van de Britse strafkolonie Australië en de mensen die daarvan deel uitmaakten tussen 1787 en 1868.

"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.

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 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.

In Robert Hughes The Fatal Shore the reader is given the incredibly detailed history of a nation and people that was often not taught to its own schoolchildren as the past has long been considered a source of shame. This is the riveting story of the founding of Australia from its initial shiploads of criminal convicts landing on the continent in 1788 until independent nation status. It took only 80 years but Australia became a nation despite the inauspicious colonial beginning.

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.

Presents eighty-two Amish masterpiece quilts from the Esprit Collection, with historical and interpretive commentaries

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.