Visual shock
a history of art controversies in American culture
1st ed.
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Word Count
112,500 words, Guess
Page Count
450 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3422969M
- ISBN-101400041295
- OCLC Control Number61881182
- OCLC Control Numbervisualshockhisto0000kamm
- Library of Congress Control Number2005044750
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- Goodreads34182
- LibraryThing1673604
Classifications
- DDC306.4/70973
- LCCN72.S6 K225 2006
Description
"In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He illuminates America’s obsession with public memorials and the changing role of art and museums in our society. From Thomas Eakins’s 1875 masterpiece The Gross Clinic, (considered “too big, bold, and gory” when first exhibited) to the bitter disputes about Maya Lin’s Vietnam War Memorial, this is an eye-opening account of American art and the battles and controversies that it has ignited."--
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