Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists
Robert Hughes. Penguin Books, $18 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-14-016524-1
Time 's art critic assesses four centuries of Western art. (Feb.)
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Reviewed on: 02/03/1992
Genre: Nonfiction
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