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In January 2006, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp's Fountain sculpture with a small hammer. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo's "David" was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally-ill artist. The author tackles this weighty issue in depth, exploring spectres of censorship, iconoclasm and vandalism that surround such acts.

Destruction of Art Iconoclasm and Vandalism Since the French Revolution Picturing History

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      Publisher: Reaktion Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/1/2007
      ISBN13: 9781861893161, 978-1861893161
      ISBN10: 1861893167

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      Book Synopsis
      In January 2006, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp's Fountain sculpture with a small hammer. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo's "David" was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally-ill artist. The author tackles this weighty issue in depth, exploring spectres of censorship, iconoclasm and vandalism that surround such acts.

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