Art under attack : histories of British iconoclasm / edited by Tabitha Barber and Stacy Boldrick.
Published / Created:
London : Tate Publishing, 2013.
Physical Description:
187 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, 2nd October 2013-5th January 2014.
Contents:
Introduction / Tabitha Barber and Stacy Boldrick -- Iconoclasms past and present : conflict and art / Stacy Boldrick -- Idolatry, iconoclasm and the reformation's long legacy / Tabitha Barber -- 1. Religion. Dissolution : the dissolution of the monastries / Susan Harrison ; Reformation / Richard Williams ; Puritan iconoclasm : monuments of superstition and idolatry / Tabitha Barber -- 2. Politics. Politics and the public space : making and breaking public sculpture, 1688-1929 / M.G. Sullivan ; Suffragettes : the political value of iconoclastic acts / Lena Mohamed -- 3. Aesthetics. Attacks on art / Stacy Boldrick ; Destruction in art : destruction/creation : act or perish / Andrew Wilson ; Art transformed : matter and translation in contemporary art / Stacy Boldrick
Subject Terms:
Iconoclasm -- Great Britain -- History -- Exhibitions. | Art -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. -- Great Britain -- History -- Exhibitions.