by Robert Hughes · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679743835
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«Barcelona» is the historical essay by Robert Hughes, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (592 pages, in English).
Robert Hughes, author of The Fatal Shore, traces the often violent history of Barcelona and the lives of kings, poets, magnates and revolutionaries, and guides through urban monuments, from Antoni Gaudí to a postmodern restaurant, championing proportion, humor and seny, Catalan common sense.
The work was originally published in 1992; this edition appeared in 1993 and includes bibliography and index.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of Spain and Europe and for those who want to discover the urban and architectural heritage of Barcelona.
Robert Studley Forrest Hughes was an Australian art critic, writer and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "the most famous art critic in the world".
