Robert Hughes, one of the most illuminating minds ever to have taken on the subjects of art and culture, uses his same critical abilities to give us a brutally intimate account of his early life, up until the time he quit Australia for the United States.\ Part memoir, part history lesson, part philosophical tract, Hughes uses his own experiences to examine the nature of art, war, sex, religion-writing and life itself. This is by far Hughes's most personal writing ever, and is sure to stir emotions from reverence to fear and ...
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Robert Hughes, one of the most illuminating minds ever to have taken on the subjects of art and culture, uses his same critical abilities to give us a brutally intimate account of his early life, up until the time he quit Australia for the United States.\ Part memoir, part history lesson, part philosophical tract, Hughes uses his own experiences to examine the nature of art, war, sex, religion-writing and life itself. This is by far Hughes's most personal writing ever, and is sure to stir emotions from reverence to fear and from jealousy to distaste in his readers.
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Add this copy of Things I Didn't Know to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Kurtis A Phillips rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Roswell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Harville Sector/Random House.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked black-boards hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Does anybody really know western art and culture any better than Robert Hughes? This copy has an "opened-only-once-or-twice" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. 395-stated pages.
Add this copy of Things I Didn't Know to cart. $14.21, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Random House Australia.
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