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Art under attack : histories of British iconoclasm / edited by Tabitha Barber and Stacy Boldrick.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2013Description: 187 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849760300
Subject(s):
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 monasteries / 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 700.103 ART (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00953

Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, 2 October 2013 - 5 January 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-179) and index.

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 monasteries / 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.