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Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
Buch von Erin L. Thompson
Sprache: Englisch

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An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? And who gets to decide which ones should stay up and which should come down?

Erin L. Thompson, the country's leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political and social issues involved in such battles brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She traces the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, starting with the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom atop the US Capitol and explores the surprising motivations behind such contemporary flashpoints as the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol. Written with great verve and thoroughly researched, Smashing Statues gives readers the context they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must be heard and whose pain must remain private?

An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? And who gets to decide which ones should stay up and which should come down?

Erin L. Thompson, the country's leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political and social issues involved in such battles brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She traces the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, starting with the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom atop the US Capitol and explores the surprising motivations behind such contemporary flashpoints as the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol. Written with great verve and thoroughly researched, Smashing Statues gives readers the context they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must be heard and whose pain must remain private?

Über den Autor
Erin L. Thompson is a professor of art crime at the City University of New York and the author of Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine. She lives in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780393867671
ISBN-10: 0393867676
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Thompson, Erin L.
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Maße: 215 x 143 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Erin L. Thompson
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2022
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
Artikel-ID: 120122006
Über den Autor
Erin L. Thompson is a professor of art crime at the City University of New York and the author of Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine. She lives in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780393867671
ISBN-10: 0393867676
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Thompson, Erin L.
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Maße: 215 x 143 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Erin L. Thompson
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2022
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
Artikel-ID: 120122006
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