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by Robert Hughes

A collection of essays examining art and artists from Holbein and Caravaggio to contemporary figures such as Hockney. The text also analyses art education, the commercial marketplace, and the social function of art.

Accession 25835 ISBN 0002720752 Publisher Collins/Harvill
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