4236342The Spectacle of Skillhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-spectacle-of-skill-9781101875919/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2613975/3fe8d36d-9d81-41d3-8e61-3d749170445d.jpg?v=638384215453830000112124MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/I am completely an elitist, in the cultural but emphatically not the social sense. I prefer the good to the bad, the articulate to the mumbling, the aesthetically developed to the merely primitive, and full to partial consciousness. I love the spectacle of skill, whether its an expert gardener at work, or a good carpenter chopping dovetails . . . I dont think stupid or ill-read people are as good to be with as wise and fully literate ones. I would rather watch a great tennis player than a mediocre one . . . Consequently, most of the human race doesnt matter much to me, outside the normal and necessary frame of courtesy and the obligation to respect human rights. I see no reason to squirm around apologizing for this. I am, after all, a cultural critic, and my main job is to distinguish the good from the second-rate.Robert Hughes wrote with brutal honesty about art, architecture, culture, religion, and himself. He translated his passionsof which there were many, both positive and negativebrilliantly, convincingly, and with vitality and immediacy, always holding himself to the same rigorous standards of skill, authenticity, and significance that he did his subjects. There never was, and never will be again, a voice like this. In this volume, that voice rings clear through a gathering of some of his most unforgettable writings, culled from nine of his most widely read and important books. This selection shows his enormous range and gives us a uniquely cohesive view of both the critic and the man.Most revealing, and most thrilling for Hughess legions of fans, are the never-before-published pages from his unfinished second volume of memoirs. These last writings show Robert Hughes at the height of his powers and can be read only with pleasure and a tinge of sadness that his extraordinary voice is no longer here to educate us as well as to clarify and define our world....4171869The Spectacle of Skill112124https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-spectacle-of-skill-9781101875919/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2613975/3fe8d36d-9d81-41d3-8e61-3d749170445d.jpg?v=638384215453830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781101875919_W3siaWQiOiIwNTVlN2Y2OC1kODQ0LTQ5ZWItOWYzZS0wMmIxNzkzNDY3NDgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIzMywiZGlzY291bnQiOjQyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDc6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781101875919_I am completely an elitist, in the cultural but emphatically not the social sense. I prefer the good to the bad, the articulate to the mumbling, the aesthetically developed to the merely primitive, and full to partial consciousness. I love the spectacle of skill, whether its an expert gardener at work, or a good carpenter chopping dovetails . . . I dont think stupid or ill-read people are as good to be with as wise and fully literate ones. I would rather watch a great tennis player than a mediocre one . . . Consequently, most of the human race doesnt matter much to me, outside the normal and necessary frame of courtesy and the obligation to respect human rights. I see no reason to squirm around apologizing for this. I am, after all, a cultural critic, and my main job is to distinguish the good from the second-rate.Robert Hughes wrote with brutal honesty about art, architecture, culture, religion, and himself. He translated his passionsof which there were many, both positive and negativebrilliantly, convincingly, and with vitality and immediacy, always holding himself to the same rigorous standards of skill, authenticity, and significance that he did his subjects. There never was, and never will be again, a voice like this. In this volume, that voice rings clear through a gathering of some of his most unforgettable writings, culled from nine of his most widely read and important books. This selection shows his enormous range and gives us a uniquely cohesive view of both the critic and the man.Most revealing, and most thrilling for Hughess legions of fans, are the never-before-published pages from his unfinished second volume of memoirs. These last writings show Robert Hughes at the height of his powers and can be read only with pleasure and a tinge of sadness that his extraordinary voice is no longer here to educate us as well as to clarify and define our world....9781101875919_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_65ea955d-2d7d-39b7-a72d-8b99a731d1ec_9781101875919;9781101875919_9781101875919Robert HughesInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-651ffb7f-1183-4a4c-bddf-e0b9b74754a8.epub2015-11-17T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group