Visual Shock
Author: Kammen, Michael
ISBN: 9781400034642
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Feb 2008
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Kammen provides an eye-opening, superbly researched account of art in America--its history, its place in our society, and the fiery battles that it ignites. FIRST TIME IN VINTAGE PAPERBACK.
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.
ISBN: 9781400034642
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Feb 2008
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Kammen provides an eye-opening, superbly researched account of art in America--its history, its place in our society, and the fiery battles that it ignites. FIRST TIME IN VINTAGE PAPERBACK.
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.
