Hughes, Robert 1938-2012
Overview
| Works: | 383 works in 1,782 publications in 13 languages and 38,911 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Catalogs Documentary television programs Nonfiction television programs Documentary films Interviews Cultural television programs Television programs |
| Roles: | Author, Author of screenplay, Host, Narrator, Writer of accompanying material, zxx, Editor, Author of introduction, Commentator, Arranger, Creator, Adapter, Contributor, Other |
| Classifications: | DU115, 994 |
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Most widely held works about
Robert Hughes
- Things I didn't know : a memoir by Robert Hughes( Book )
- The spectacle of skill : selected writings of Robert Hughes by Robert Hughes( Book )
- Barcelona by Robert Hughes( Book )
- Once an Australian : journeys with Barry Humphries, Clive James, Germaine Greer, and Robert Hughes by Ian Britain( Book )
- A jerk on one end : reflections of a mediocre fisherman by Robert Hughes( Book )
- Hughes by A. P Riemer( Book )
- Robert Hughes : the Australian years by Patricia Anderson( Book )
- Brilliant creatures : Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob( Visual )
- A jerk on one end : reflections of a mediocre fisherman by Robert Hughes( )
- No return ticket : Clyde Packer interviews nine famous Australian expatriates including Robert Hughes, Gordon Chater, Germaine Greer, Maxwell Newton, Zoe Caldwell and Sumner Locke Elliott by Robert Hughes( Book )
- Es ist so leicht, sich das Leben schwer zu machen vom Angeln und vom Fliegenfischen by Robert Hughes( Book )
- Brilliant creatures : Germiane, Clive, Barry and Bob( Visual )
- Andrea Stretton meets Robert Hughes by Robert Hughes( Visual )
- [Robert Hughes : Australian Art and Artists file]( Book )
- The fatal shore by Robert Hughes by Brian Elkner( Book )
- Rebels of Oz Germaine, Clive, Barry and Bob( Visual )
- Robert Hughes( Visual )
- Once an Australia by Ian Britain( Book )
- Memoir I by Robert Hughes( Book )
- Portrait of art critic Robert Hughes by David Potts( Visual )
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Most widely held works by
Robert Hughes
The fatal shore by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
123 editions published between 1984 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 5,184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868
123 editions published between 1984 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 5,184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868
American visions : the epic history of art in America by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
41 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 3,004 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The intense relationship between the American people and their surroundings has been the source of a rich artistic tradition. American Visions is a consistently revealing demonstration of the many ways in which artists have expressed this pervasive connection. In nine eloquent chapters, which span the whole range of events, movements, and personalities of more than three centuries, Robert Hughes shows us the myriad associations between the unique society that is America and the art it has produced: O My America, My New Founde Land explores the churches, religious art, and artifacts of the Spanish invaders of the Southwest and the Puritans of New England; the austere esthetic of the Amish, the Quakers, and the Shakers; and the Anglophile culture of Virginia. The Republic of Virtue sets forth the ideals of neo-classicism as interpreted in the paintings of Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, and the Peale family, and in the public architecture of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Latrobe, and Charles Bulfinch. The Wilderness and the West discusses the work of landscape painters such as Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, and the luminists, who viewed the natural world as the fingerprint of God's creation, and of those who recorded America's westward expansion, George Caleb Bingham, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Remington, and the accompanying shift in the perception of the Indian, from noble savage to outright demon. American Renaissance describes the opulent era that followed the Civil War, a cultural flowering expressed in the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens; the paintings of John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Childe Hassam; the Newport cottages of the super-rich; and the beaux-arts buildings of Stanford White and his partners. The Gritty Cities looks at the post-Civil War years from another perspective: cast-iron cityscapes, the architecture of Louis Henri Sullivan, and the new realism of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, the trompe-l'oeil painters, and the Ashcan School. Early modernism introduces the first American avant-garde: the painters Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella, Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and Georgia O'Keeffe, and the premier architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright. Streamlines and Breadlines surveys the boom years, when skyscrapers and art deco were all the rage, and the bust years that followed, when painters such as Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, Diego Rivera, and Jacob Lawrence showed Americans the way we live now. The Empire of Signs examines the American hegemony after World War II, when the abstract expressionists, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, et al., ruled the artistic roost, until they were dethroned by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, the pop artists, and Andy Warhol, while individualists such as David Smith and Joseph Cornell marched to their own music. The Age of Anxiety considers recent events: the return of figurative art and the appearance of minimal and conceptual art; the speculative mania of the 1980s, which led to scandalous auction practices and inflated reputations; and the trends and issues of art in the 1990s. Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America. Lavishly illustrated and packed with biographies, anecdotes, astute and stimulating critical commentary, and sharp social history, American Visions is published in association with a new eight-part PBS television series. Robert Hughes has called it "a love letter to America." This superb volume, which encompasses and enlarges upon the series, is an incomparably entertaining and insightful contemplation of its splendid subject
41 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 3,004 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The intense relationship between the American people and their surroundings has been the source of a rich artistic tradition. American Visions is a consistently revealing demonstration of the many ways in which artists have expressed this pervasive connection. In nine eloquent chapters, which span the whole range of events, movements, and personalities of more than three centuries, Robert Hughes shows us the myriad associations between the unique society that is America and the art it has produced: O My America, My New Founde Land explores the churches, religious art, and artifacts of the Spanish invaders of the Southwest and the Puritans of New England; the austere esthetic of the Amish, the Quakers, and the Shakers; and the Anglophile culture of Virginia. The Republic of Virtue sets forth the ideals of neo-classicism as interpreted in the paintings of Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, and the Peale family, and in the public architecture of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Latrobe, and Charles Bulfinch. The Wilderness and the West discusses the work of landscape painters such as Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, and the luminists, who viewed the natural world as the fingerprint of God's creation, and of those who recorded America's westward expansion, George Caleb Bingham, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Remington, and the accompanying shift in the perception of the Indian, from noble savage to outright demon. American Renaissance describes the opulent era that followed the Civil War, a cultural flowering expressed in the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens; the paintings of John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Childe Hassam; the Newport cottages of the super-rich; and the beaux-arts buildings of Stanford White and his partners. The Gritty Cities looks at the post-Civil War years from another perspective: cast-iron cityscapes, the architecture of Louis Henri Sullivan, and the new realism of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, the trompe-l'oeil painters, and the Ashcan School. Early modernism introduces the first American avant-garde: the painters Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella, Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and Georgia O'Keeffe, and the premier architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright. Streamlines and Breadlines surveys the boom years, when skyscrapers and art deco were all the rage, and the bust years that followed, when painters such as Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, Diego Rivera, and Jacob Lawrence showed Americans the way we live now. The Empire of Signs examines the American hegemony after World War II, when the abstract expressionists, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, et al., ruled the artistic roost, until they were dethroned by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, the pop artists, and Andy Warhol, while individualists such as David Smith and Joseph Cornell marched to their own music. The Age of Anxiety considers recent events: the return of figurative art and the appearance of minimal and conceptual art; the speculative mania of the 1980s, which led to scandalous auction practices and inflated reputations; and the trends and issues of art in the 1990s. Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America. Lavishly illustrated and packed with biographies, anecdotes, astute and stimulating critical commentary, and sharp social history, American Visions is published in association with a new eight-part PBS television series. Robert Hughes has called it "a love letter to America." This superb volume, which encompasses and enlarges upon the series, is an incomparably entertaining and insightful contemplation of its splendid subject
Culture of complaint : the fraying of America by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
59 editions published between 1993 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 2,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a call for the re-knitting of a fragmented and over-tribalized America--a deeply passionate book, filled with barbed wit and devastating takes on public life, both left and right of center. To the right, the author fires broadsides at the populist demagogy of Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson, Jesse Helms and especially Ronald Reagan. To the left, he skewers political correctness, Afro-centrism, and academic obsessions with theory. PC censoriousness and "family-values" rhetoric, he argues, are only two sides of the same character, extrusions of America's puritan heritage into the present--and, at root, signs of America's difficulty in seeing past the end of the Us-versus-Them mentality implanted by four decades of the Cold War. This book is fired by a deep concern, but it is not a relentless diatribe. While the author lambastes some aspects of American politics and denounces political correctness, he offers a heartfelt defense of non-ideological multiculturalism as an antidote to Americans' difficulty in imagining the rest of the world--and other Americans
59 editions published between 1993 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 2,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a call for the re-knitting of a fragmented and over-tribalized America--a deeply passionate book, filled with barbed wit and devastating takes on public life, both left and right of center. To the right, the author fires broadsides at the populist demagogy of Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson, Jesse Helms and especially Ronald Reagan. To the left, he skewers political correctness, Afro-centrism, and academic obsessions with theory. PC censoriousness and "family-values" rhetoric, he argues, are only two sides of the same character, extrusions of America's puritan heritage into the present--and, at root, signs of America's difficulty in seeing past the end of the Us-versus-Them mentality implanted by four decades of the Cold War. This book is fired by a deep concern, but it is not a relentless diatribe. While the author lambastes some aspects of American politics and denounces political correctness, he offers a heartfelt defense of non-ideological multiculturalism as an antidote to Americans' difficulty in imagining the rest of the world--and other Americans
Goya by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
25 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 2,352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Publisher's description: Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works on subjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (The Fatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), the nature of American art (American Visions), and the nature of America itself as seen through its art (The Culture of Complaint), now turns his renowned critical eye to one of art history's most compelling, enigmatic, and important figures, Francisco Jos ̌de Goya y Lucientes. With characteristic critical fervor and sure-eyed insight, Hughes brings us the story of an artist whose life and work bridged the transition from the eighteenth-century reign of the old masters to the early days of the nineteenth-century moderns. With his salient passion for the artist and the art, Hughes brings Goya vividly to life through dazzling analysis of a vast breadth of his work. Building upon the historical evidence that exists, Hughes tracks Goya's development, as man and artist, without missing a beat, from the early works commissioned by the Church, through his long, productive, and tempestuous career at court, to the darkly sinister and cryptic work he did at the end of his life. In a work that is at once interpretive biography and cultural epic, Hughes grounds Goya firmly in the context of his time, taking us on a wild romp through Spanish history; from the brutality and easy violence of street life to the fiery terrors of the Holy Inquisition to the grave realities of war, Hughes shows us in vibrant detail the cultural forces that shaped Goya's work. Underlying the exhaustive, critical analysis and the rich historical background is Hughes's own intimately personal relationship to his subject. This is a book informed not only by lifelong love and study, but by his own recent experiences of mortality and death. As such this is a uniquely moving and human book; with the same relentless and fearless intelligence he has brought to every subject he has ever tackled, Hughes here transcends biography to bring us a rich and fiercely brave book about art and life, love and rage, impotence and death. This is one genius writing at full capacity about another--and the result is truly spectacular
25 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 2,352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Publisher's description: Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works on subjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (The Fatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), the nature of American art (American Visions), and the nature of America itself as seen through its art (The Culture of Complaint), now turns his renowned critical eye to one of art history's most compelling, enigmatic, and important figures, Francisco Jos ̌de Goya y Lucientes. With characteristic critical fervor and sure-eyed insight, Hughes brings us the story of an artist whose life and work bridged the transition from the eighteenth-century reign of the old masters to the early days of the nineteenth-century moderns. With his salient passion for the artist and the art, Hughes brings Goya vividly to life through dazzling analysis of a vast breadth of his work. Building upon the historical evidence that exists, Hughes tracks Goya's development, as man and artist, without missing a beat, from the early works commissioned by the Church, through his long, productive, and tempestuous career at court, to the darkly sinister and cryptic work he did at the end of his life. In a work that is at once interpretive biography and cultural epic, Hughes grounds Goya firmly in the context of his time, taking us on a wild romp through Spanish history; from the brutality and easy violence of street life to the fiery terrors of the Holy Inquisition to the grave realities of war, Hughes shows us in vibrant detail the cultural forces that shaped Goya's work. Underlying the exhaustive, critical analysis and the rich historical background is Hughes's own intimately personal relationship to his subject. This is a book informed not only by lifelong love and study, but by his own recent experiences of mortality and death. As such this is a uniquely moving and human book; with the same relentless and fearless intelligence he has brought to every subject he has ever tackled, Hughes here transcends biography to bring us a rich and fiercely brave book about art and life, love and rage, impotence and death. This is one genius writing at full capacity about another--and the result is truly spectacular
Barcelona by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
70 editions published between 1991 and 2015 in 12 languages and held by 2,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
History of Barcelona, Spain as seen through its art and architecture
70 editions published between 1991 and 2015 in 12 languages and held by 2,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
History of Barcelona, Spain as seen through its art and architecture
The Shock of the new by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
28 editions published between 1980 and 1991 in English and held by 2,059 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The hundred-year history of modern art ..."
28 editions published between 1980 and 1991 in English and held by 2,059 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The hundred-year history of modern art ..."
Rome : a cultural, visual, and personal history by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
28 editions published between 2009 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a 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 founding of Rome is shrouded in legend, but current archaeological evidence supports the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements and coalesced into a city in the 8th century BC. It developed into the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and finally the Roman Empire. For almost a thousand years, Rome was the most politically important, richest and largest city in the Western world. This book tells the story of the Eternal City, from its earliest days right up to the present
28 editions published between 2009 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a 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 founding of Rome is shrouded in legend, but current archaeological evidence supports the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements and coalesced into a city in the 8th century BC. It developed into the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and finally the Roman Empire. For almost a thousand years, Rome was the most politically important, richest and largest city in the Western world. This book tells the story of the Eternal City, from its earliest days right up to the present
The Shock of the new by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
80 editions published between 1990 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end
80 editions published between 1990 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end
Nothing if not critical : selected essays on art and artists by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
62 editions published between 1900 and 2002 in 6 languages and held by 1,530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A generous selection of forthright essays on art and artists. Hughes tackles the lives and works of over 80 artists, from the old masters to our contemporaries, exploring their achievement (or lack of it) and how they altered the history of art for better or worse
62 editions published between 1900 and 2002 in 6 languages and held by 1,530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A generous selection of forthright essays on art and artists. Hughes tackles the lives and works of over 80 artists, from the old masters to our contemporaries, exploring their achievement (or lack of it) and how they altered the history of art for better or worse
Lucian Freud paintings by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
41 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the paintings of twentieth-century artist Lucian Freud, with illustrations
41 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the paintings of twentieth-century artist Lucian Freud, with illustrations
Republic of Virtue by
BBC(
Visual
)
75 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An eight part series presenting American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. In this seventh segment, after the post-war era, Hughes traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollock, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, David Smith, Willem De Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture
75 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An eight part series presenting American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. In this seventh segment, after the post-war era, Hughes traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollock, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, David Smith, Willem De Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture
Heaven and hell in Western art by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
25 editions published between 1968 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
25 editions published between 1968 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Frank Auerbach by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
20 editions published between 1990 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 741 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Om den engelske maler Frank Auerbach f. 1931 baseret på samtaler og breve fra 1986 til 1988
20 editions published between 1990 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 741 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Om den engelske maler Frank Auerbach f. 1931 baseret på samtaler og breve fra 1986 til 1988
Amish, the art of the quilt by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
18 editions published between 1990 and 1995 in English and German and held by 668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1990 and 1995 in English and German and held by 668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
American visions(
Visual
)
22 editions published between 1996 and 2016 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a glimpse of American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. Follows nearly three centuries of creativity, exploring a nation whose art mirrors its diversity
22 editions published between 1996 and 2016 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a glimpse of American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. Follows nearly three centuries of creativity, exploring a nation whose art mirrors its diversity
The shock of the new by
Robert Hughes(
Visual
)
27 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in English and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Robert Hughes' history of modern art from cubism to pop and the avant-garde. The sequel to the BBC's Civilization series, picks up at the threshold of the 20th century. It is written and presented by Robert Hughes, art critic and senior writer for Time. Hughes draws on a wealth of documentary materials from the archives of the BBC, including rare footage and interviews with noted artists. The range of major figures includes Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, le Corbusier, Maz Ernst, Francis Bacon and Jackson Pollock."--Container
27 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in English and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Robert Hughes' history of modern art from cubism to pop and the avant-garde. The sequel to the BBC's Civilization series, picks up at the threshold of the 20th century. It is written and presented by Robert Hughes, art critic and senior writer for Time. Hughes draws on a wealth of documentary materials from the archives of the BBC, including rare footage and interviews with noted artists. The range of major figures includes Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, le Corbusier, Maz Ernst, Francis Bacon and Jackson Pollock."--Container
Antonio Gaudí by
Hiroshi Teshigahara(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 453 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A visual journey focusing on the bizarre and whimsical works of the Catalan architect who influenced such artists as Picasso, Miró and Dali
1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 453 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A visual journey focusing on the bizarre and whimsical works of the Catalan architect who influenced such artists as Picasso, Miró and Dali
The art of Australia by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
30 editions published between 1966 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Colony 1788-1885; Heidelberg School 1885-96; landscape with various figures; Expatriates 1890-1930; Post-Impressionism 1913-38; the angry decade 1937-47; Stylists 1939-50; figures and images 1950-62; myths and personae 1947-62; abstract painting 1938-66
30 editions published between 1966 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Colony 1788-1885; Heidelberg School 1885-96; landscape with various figures; Expatriates 1890-1930; Post-Impressionism 1913-38; the angry decade 1937-47; Stylists 1939-50; figures and images 1950-62; myths and personae 1947-62; abstract painting 1938-66
The portable Magritte ; with an essay by
René Magritte(
Book
)
5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated study of the Belgian artist Magritte
5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated study of the Belgian artist Magritte
A jerk on one end : reflections of a mediocre fisherman by
Robert Hughes(
Book
)
6 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and Dutch and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Here too is a history of fishing going back to classical antiquity, along with meditations on the art and philosophy of fishing and deep draughts of the finest fishing writing through the ages. Hughes gazes long and hard into the shining eyes of his prey and captures the essence of each noble species in verbal portraits - the delicate striped bass, most amenable to cooking and most susceptible to urban pollutants; the infinitely treacherous tarpon; the fastidious, elusive trout; the giant bluefin tuna, which holds the dubious honor of being the most expensive and sought after animal on earth. And in one passage, he adopts the fish's point of view and forces us to imagine the horror of being hooked and reeled into an alien element."--Jacket
6 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and Dutch and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Here too is a history of fishing going back to classical antiquity, along with meditations on the art and philosophy of fishing and deep draughts of the finest fishing writing through the ages. Hughes gazes long and hard into the shining eyes of his prey and captures the essence of each noble species in verbal portraits - the delicate striped bass, most amenable to cooking and most susceptible to urban pollutants; the infinitely treacherous tarpon; the fastidious, elusive trout; the giant bluefin tuna, which holds the dubious honor of being the most expensive and sought after animal on earth. And in one passage, he adopts the fish's point of view and forces us to imagine the horror of being hooked and reeled into an alien element."--Jacket
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Hughes, Robert
Hughes, Robert 1938-
Hughes, Robert Studley Forrest 1938-2012
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes Australisch schrijver
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Роберт Хьюз
Робърт Хюз
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روبرت هيوز
റോബർട്ട് ഹ്യൂസ്
휴스, 로버트 1938-
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