Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

London : Tate Publishing, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barber, Tabitha
• Boldrick, Stacy
• Tate Britain (Gallery), host institution.

Description

187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

• This fully illustrated catalogue explores the history of attacks on art in Britain, from the reformation of the 16th century to the present day, demonstrating how religious, political, moral and aesthetic controversy can become arenas for assaults on art.
• "Published to accompany a major exhibition at Tate Britain, this fully illustrated catalogue explores the history of attacks on art in Britain, from the reformation of the sixteenth century to the present day, demonstrating how religious, political, moral and aesthetic controversy can become arenas for assaults on art. Through eight essays, the broad subject of iconoclasm is broken into three overarching themes: the state-sanctioned iconoclastic zeal of religious reformers, who aimed to purge both churches and minds of the sin of idolatry; the symbolic statue-breaking that accompanies political change such as the targeted attacks on cultural heritage by the suffragettes; and attacks on art by individuals stimulated by a moral or aesthetic outrage. Importantly, the aim of the study is to present the rationale of iconoclasm, its significance to the history of an object, and how it has become a productive and transformational practice for some modern and contemporary artists."--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• Iconoclasm > Great Britain > Exhibitions
• Art > Mutilation, defacement, etc > Great Britain > History > Exhibitions

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

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

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.

Call Number

JQF 14-1251

ISBN

• 9781849760300
• 1849760306

OCLC

858011528

Title

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

Publisher

London : Tate Publishing, 2013.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

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

Added Author

Barber, Tabitha, contributor.

Boldrick, Stacy, contributor.

Tate Britain (Gallery), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 14-1251