ISBN 978-1-60606-421-4

the book also includes many artworks from Asia

spanning cultures and periods on all aspects of keeping historic and artistic collections

Contributors are Herbert Beck

whose ideas exerted a powerful influence on a generation of photographers and still resonate today

Futures & Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert - Paperback 2021 ALL HOLIDAY ISBN 978-1-60606-421-4Nina L. Dubin In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Roberts paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a new consciousness of time, one shaped by the uncertainties of an economy characterized by the dread inducing expansion of credit, frenzied speculation on the stock exchange, and bold ventures in real estate. As the favored artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersections