Destruction Of Art: Iconoclasm And Vandalism Since The French Revolution

Author: Dario Gamboni

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Price : 54.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781861893161
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Imprint : Reaktion Books
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Weight (g) : 0.894
Publication date : 14 March 2007
Dimensions : 234mm X 156mm X 21mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Dario Gamboni
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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. The author tackles this weighty issue in depth, exploring spectres of censorship, iconoclasm and vandalism that surround such acts.

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well-illustrated ... Gamboni brings together a great deal of fascinating information The Independent Erudite and entertaining, Gamboni's book is an excellent guide to the outrageous in art. Glasgow Herald