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Terra Foundation Lectures in American Art 2019 - A Contest of Images: American Art as Culture War (4) The Stones of Civil War

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History of Art: Terra Foundation Lecture Series in American Art
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Dr John Blakinger speaks about iconoclasm in American history and the vandalism of Confederate monuments.
Iconoclasm is an enduring American value. In 1776, a mob destroyed a statue of King George III in Bowling Green, New York, establishing the new American Republic as a nation built on image destruction. More recent acts of visual violence have targeted Confederate monuments, transforming them both physically and digitally. Images of vandalism that circulate online are powerful enough to re-cast bronze and shatter stone.

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History of Art: Terra Foundation Lecture Series in American Art
People
John Blakinger
Keywords
art
history
visual arts
america
protest
Department: Department of History of Art
Date Added: 05/06/2019
Duration: 00:43:52

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