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- catalog abstract ""This is the first comprehensive examination of modern iconoclasm. Dario Gamboni reassesses the motives and circumstances behind deliberate attacks carried out - by institutions as well as individuals - on public buildings, churches, sculptures, paintings and other works of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Truly international in scope, The Destruction of Art examines incidents, some comic and other disquieting, in the USA, France, Britain, Switzerland, Germany, the former Soviet Union and its satellites, and elsewhere. Motivated in the first instance by the recent destruction of countless monuments in Europe's ex-Communist states, which challenged the assumption that iconoclasm was truly a thing of the past, the author has discovered just how widespread the destruction of art is today, whose forms include explicable and inexplicable vandalism, political protest and censorship of every kind." "The Destruction of Art asks what iconoclasm can teach us about the place of works of art and material culture in society. The history of iconoclasm is shown to reflect the changing and conflicting definitions of art itself."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Iconoclasm and vandalism since the French Revolution".
- catalog contributor b10004885.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""This is the first comprehensive examination of modern iconoclasm. Dario Gamboni reassesses the motives and circumstances behind deliberate attacks carried out - by institutions as well as individuals - on public buildings, churches, sculptures, paintings and other works of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Truly international in scope, The Destruction of Art examines incidents, some comic and other disquieting, in the USA, France, Britain, Switzerland, Germany, the former Soviet Union and its satellites, and elsewhere. Motivated in the first instance by the recent destruction of countless monuments in Europe's ex-Communist states, which challenged the assumption that iconoclasm was truly a thing of the past, the author has discovered just how widespread the destruction of art is today, whose forms include explicable and inexplicable vandalism, political protest and censorship of every kind." "The Destruction of Art asks what iconoclasm can teach us about the place of works of art and material culture in society. The history of iconoclasm is shown to reflect the changing and conflicting definitions of art itself."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Theories and Methods -- 2. A Historical Outline -- 3. The Fall of the 'Communist Monuments' -- 4. Political Iconoclasm in Democratic Societies -- 5. Outside the First World -- 6. Iconoclasm and Multiplication -- 7. Free Art and the 'Free World' -- 8. Legal Abuse -- 9. The Degradation of Art in Public Places -- 10. Museums and Pathology -- 11. 'Embellishing Vandalism' -- 12. Reformations of Church Art -- 13. Modern Art and Iconoclasm -- 14. Mistaking Art for Refuse -- 15. Disqualification and Heritage.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-402) and index.".
- catalog extent "416 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0948462949".
- catalog isPartOf "Picturing history".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Reaktion Books,".
- catalog subject "Art Mutilation, defacement, etc. History.".
- catalog subject "Art Mutilation, defacement, etc.".
- catalog subject "Art, Modern 20th century Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "N8557 .G36 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Theories and Methods -- 2. A Historical Outline -- 3. The Fall of the 'Communist Monuments' -- 4. Political Iconoclasm in Democratic Societies -- 5. Outside the First World -- 6. Iconoclasm and Multiplication -- 7. Free Art and the 'Free World' -- 8. Legal Abuse -- 9. The Degradation of Art in Public Places -- 10. Museums and Pathology -- 11. 'Embellishing Vandalism' -- 12. Reformations of Church Art -- 13. Modern Art and Iconoclasm -- 14. Mistaking Art for Refuse -- 15. Disqualification and Heritage.".
- catalog title "Iconoclasm and vandalism since the French Revolution".
- catalog title "The destruction of art : iconoclasm and vandalism since the French Revolution / Dario Gamboni.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".