Visual Shock A History of Art Controversies in American Culture

Name: Visual Shock A History of Art Controversies in American Culture
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ISBN: 9781400034642

ISBN-10: 1400034647

ISBN-13: 9781400034642

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Authors: Michael Kammen

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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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List price: $24.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.99" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Michael Kammen is the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University. His books include Spheres of Liberty: Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture and A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination. He was awarded the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization.



Introduction



Monuments, Memorials, and Americanism



Nudity, Decency, and Morality



Coming to Terms with Modernism



Troubles with Murals



Art Politicized: Ideological Issues



The Pivotal 1960s



The Dimensions and Dilemmas of Public Sculpture



The Art Museum Transformed



Issues of Diversity and Inclusion



Comparisons and Closure


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index