The Revenge of the Philistines: Art and Culture, 1972-1984

Analyzes the works of a variety of modern artists including Edward Hopper, Louise Nevelson, Chuck Close, and Julian Schnabel.

Hilton Kramer was co-editor and publisher of The New Criterion. He was also an editor of Arts Magazine and an art critic for The Nation and The New York Times. Some of his most recent writings include The Triumph of Modernism and The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War. Kramer passed away in 2012.