Title: Visual shock
Subtitle: a history of art controversies in American culture
First published: 2006
Description: "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."--
Subjects: Art and society, History, Public opinion, American Art
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century
LC classification: N72.S6 K225 2006