The Spectacle of Skill

Download or read book The Spectacle of Skill written by Robert Hughes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of his distinguished career, Robert Hughes wrote with brutal honesty about art, architecture, culture, religion—and himself. The Spectacle of Skill brings together some of his most unforgettable pieces, culled from nine of his most widely read and important books, alongside never-before-published pages from his unfinished second volume of memoirs. Showcasing Hughes’s enormous range, this indispensable anthology offers a uniquely cohesive view of both the critic and the man.