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Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO (28 July 1938 – 6 August 2012) was one of the most notable Australian-born art critics, 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."
Robert Ball Hughes (1804–1868), British-American sculptor; Robert Don Hughes (born 1949), American writer; Robert Earl Hughes (1926–1958), American one-time "World's Heaviest Human" according to the Guinness Book of Records; Robert F. Hughes, American television director; Robert Vincent Hughes, also known as Vincent (music producer)
A review by The New York Times calls it a "witty and impassioned history of American art from its beginnings to the present day", "beautiful and essential", notes that "Mr. Hughes fortunately remains the critic throughout his historical canvassing, making distinctions and judgments without taking sides." and concludes "With it, Mr. Hughes has ...
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding is a 1986 book by Robert Hughes. It provides a history of the early years of British colonisation of Australia, and especially the history and social effects of Britain's convict transportation system. It also addresses the historical, political and sociological reasons that led to British ...
Mary Beard on Rome by Robert Hughes (The Guardian) Geoff Dyer on The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (The New York Times) Camilla Long on With the Kisses of His Mouth by Monique Roffey (The Sunday Times) Lachlan Mackinnon on Clavics by Geoffrey Hill (The Independent) Leo Robson on Martin Amis: The Biography by Richard Bradford (New Statesman)
I, Claudius is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934.Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41.
Robert James Brentano (19 May 1926 – 21 November 2002) was a prize-winning author and historian of medieval England and Italy. One of his books, Two churches: England and Italy in the thirteenth century , won the 1968 John Gilmary Shea Prize and the Haskins Medal .
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) [1] [2] was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.