Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture

A distinguished cultural historian takes a close-up look at the nature, diversity, causes, and persistence of controversies generated by art and artists since the 1830s, looking at the role of arts patrons, local and national governments, and the media in creating and maintaining controversies and assessing the effects, both positive and negative of such disputes. 15,000 first printing.

Michael Kammen, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, is a past president of the Organization of American Historians. He is the author or editor of numerous works, including People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization, which won the Pulitzer Prize for History, and A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture, awarded the Francis Parkman Prize and the Henry Adams Prize. He has lectured throughout the world.