{"product_id":"futures-ruins-nina-l-dubin-9781606061404","title":"Futures \u0026 Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert","description":"In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Robert's 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 between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of this lively narrative lie Robert's depictions of the ruins of Paris--macabre and spectacular paintings of fires and demolitions created on the eve of the French Revolution. Drawing on a vast range of materials, \u003ci\u003eFutures \u0026amp; Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e understands these artworks as harbingers of a modern appetite for destruction. The paintings are examined as expressions of the pleasures and perils of a risk economy. This captivating account--lavishly illustrated with rarely reproduced objects--recovers the critical significance of the eighteenth-century cult of ruins and of Robert's art for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nina L. Dubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606061402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606061404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 7.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Nina L. Dubin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169895674111,"sku":"9781606061404","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_424f5179-c433-4363-a424-901a18b42adb.jpg?v=1689655550","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/futures-ruins-nina-l-dubin-9781606061404","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}