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Visual Shock : A History of Art Controversies in American Culture - Michael Kammen

Visual Shock

A History of Art Controversies in American Culture

By: Michael Kammen

Paperback | 6 November 2007 | Edition Number 1

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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.
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"Deep, richly detailed, and enlightening."--The Boston Globe"Compelling. . . . A nuanced study . . . offers an important context for looking at ongoing issues of censorship and debates about the point of art."--The Miami Herald "Kammen . . . handles these variegated brouhahas with welcome deftness; he squeezes in all the facts while maintaining a nice narrative flow."--The Nation"A detailed and comprehensive survey of the history of artistic battles in the United States."--The Houston Chronicle

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