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BL
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711787
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b533976
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| Main Entry
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Simpson, James,1954-
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| Title & Author
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Under the hammer : : iconoclasm in the Anglo-American tradition /\ James Simpson
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Clarendon Lectures in English ;; 2009
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xii, 222 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0199591652
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: 9780199591657
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Iconoclasm in Melbourne, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Modern Art -- Learn to die : late medieval English images before the law -- Statues of liberty : iconoclasm and idolatry in the English revolution -- Under the hammer : iconoclasm and the Enlightenment
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Iconoclasm is not a barbaric act which takes place somewhere else but is instead a central strand of Anglo-American modernity. Our horror at the destruction of art derives in part from the fact that we did, and still do, that. This is most obviously true of England's iconoclastic century between 1538 and 1643, which stands at the core of this book
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Iconoclasm is not a barbaric act which takes place somewhere else but is instead a central strand of Anglo-American modernity. Our horror at the destruction of art derives in part from the fact that we did, and still do, that. This is most obviously true of England's iconoclastic century between 1538 and 1643, which stands at the core of this book
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Art, English-- 16th century
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Art, English-- 17th century
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Iconoclasm
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Iconoclasm in art
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N8217.I26S56 2010
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