The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French Revolution by Dario Gamboni

The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French Revolution

Dario Gamboni

416 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Last winter, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain sculpture. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo’s David was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally ill artist. With each incident, intellectuals must confront the unsettling dynamic betwe...

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