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Futures & Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert - Paperback Valentine 2024 and critical thinking about theNina 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