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portada The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2018
Language
English
Pages
448
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781780239842
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The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution

Dario Gamboni (Author) · Reaktion Books · Paperback

The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution - Dario Gamboni

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Synopsis "The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution "

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. In this book, 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 United States 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. Compelling, thought-provoking, and featuring more than one hundred and fifty illustrations, The Destruction of Art forces us to rethink the ways in which we interact with art and its power to shock or subdue.

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