{"product_id":"the-destruction-of-art-iconoclasm-and-vandalism-since-the-french-revolution-picturing-history","title":"The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French Revolution (Picturing History)","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781861893161\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaktion Books, May 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e416 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLast winter, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFountain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sculpture. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDavid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally ill artist. With each incident, intellectuals must confront the unsettling dynamic between destruction and art.  Renowned art historian Dario Gamboni is the first to tackle this weighty issue in depth, exploring specters of censorship, iconoclasm, and vandalism that surround such acts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGamboni uncovers here a disquieting phenomenon that still thrives today worldwide. As he demonstrates through analyses of incidents occurring in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America and Europe, a complex relationship exists among the evolution of modern art, destruction of artworks, and the long history of iconoclasm. From the controversial removal of Richard Serra’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTilted Arc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from New York City’s Federal Plaza to suffragette protests at London’s National Gallery, Gamboni probes the concept of artist’s rights, the power of political protest and how iconoclasm sheds light on society’s relationship to art and material culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompelling and thought-provoking, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Destruction of Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e forces us to rethink the ways that we interact with art and react to its power to shock or subdue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47305131688098,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/71I6u97EL5L._SY342.jpg?v=1780386852","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-destruction-of-art-iconoclasm-and-vandalism-since-the-french-revolution-picturing-history","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}