The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution (Picturing History) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution (Picturing History) Book

Offering an examination of modern iconoclasm, this title looks at deliberate attacks carried out - by institutions as well as individuals - on paintings, buildings, sculptures and other works of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It asks what iconoclasm can teach us about the place of works of art and material culture in society.Read More

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  • ASDA

    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. The author tackles this weighty issue in depth exploring spectres of censorship iconoclasm and vandalism that surround such acts.

  • Blackwell

    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. The author tackles this weighty issue in depth...

  • 1861893167
  • 9781861893161
  • Dario Gamboni
  • 14 March 2007
  • Reaktion Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • Illustrated ed
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