Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture - Brossura

Kammen, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1400034647 ISBN 13: 9781400034642

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007

Riassunto

A distinguished cultural historian takes a close-up look at the nature, diversity, causes, and persistence of controversies generated by art and artists since the 1830s, looking at the role of arts patrons, local and national governments, and the media in creating and maintaining controversies and assessing the effects, both positive and negative of such disputes. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"Deep, richly detailed, and enlightening."—The Boston Globe“Compelling. . . . A nuanced study . . . offers an important context for looking at ongoing issues of censorship and debates about the point of art.”—The Miami Herald "Kammen . . . handles these variegated brouhahas with welcome deftness; he squeezes in all the facts while maintaining a nice narrative flow."—The Nation"A detailed and comprehensive survey of the history of artistic battles in the United States."—The Houston Chronicle

L'autore:

Michael Kammen was born in Rochester in 1936. He took his BA at George Washington University and his PhD at Harvard. He is Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1965. A past President of the Organization of American Historians, he is the author or editor of numerous works and has lectured throughout the world. His People of Paradox was a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1400034647
• ISBN 13: 9781400034642
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480