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The Destruction of Art - Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French Revolution (Paperback, New edition)
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The Destruction of Art - Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French Revolution (Paperback, New edition)
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Loot Price R527
Discovery Miles 5 270
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In January 2006 a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp's Fountain
sculpture with a small hammer. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo's
David was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally ill artist.
Each such incident confronts us with the unsettling dynamic between
destruction and art. Renowned art historian Dario Gamboni is the
first to tackle this weighty issue in depth. Starting with the
sweeping obliteration of architecture and art under the Communist
regimes of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, Gamboni investigates
other instances of destruction around the globe, uncovering a
surprisingly widespread phenomenon. As he demonstrates through
analyses of nineteenth- and twentieth-century incidents in the U.S.
and Europe, a complex relationship exists between the evolution of
modern art and a long history of iconoclasm. Gamboni probes the
concept of artists' rights, the power of political protest and the
ways in which iconoclasm offers a unique interpretation of
society's relationship to art and material culture. This compelling
and thought-provoking study, now in B-format paperback and with a
new preface by the author, forces us to rethink the ways in which
we interact with art and its power to shock or subdue.
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