Barcelona The Great Enchantress by Robert Hughes
The Great Enchantress
An affectionate yet unsparing cultural history that traces the city’s rise from a medieval port and industrial powerhouse to a modern metropolis, examining the artists, architects, politicians and popular movements that have shaped its identity. It weaves portraiture of figures such as Gaudí, Picasso and Miró with vivid accounts of urban transformation, Catalan nationalism, bourgeois modernisme, and the traumas of the Civil War and the Franco era, arguing that the city’s aesthetic daring often masks deep social and political tensions. Combining elegant criticism, historical narrative and personal insight, the work celebrates the city’s imaginative flair while probing the costs of modernization, myth-making and civic reinvention.
- Published
- 1992
- Nationality
- Australian
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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