Under the hammer: iconoclasm in the Anglo-American tradition

Summary: Iconoclasm is not a barbaric act which takes place somewhere else but is instead a central strand of Anglo-American modernity. Our horror at the destruction of art derives in part from the fact that we did, and still do, that. This is most obviously true of England's iconoclastic centu...

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1. Verfasser: Simpson, James 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2010
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:The Clarendon lectures in English 2009
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Zusammenfassung:Summary: Iconoclasm is not a barbaric act which takes place somewhere else but is instead a central strand of Anglo-American modernity. Our horror at the destruction of art derives in part from the fact that we did, and still do, that. This is most obviously true of England's iconoclastic century between 1538 and 1643, which stands at the core of this book
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 222 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780199591657
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