Iconoclasm and the Museum by Stacy Boldrick

Iconoclasm and the Museum by Stacy Boldrick

Iconoclasm and the Museum addresses the museums historic tendency to be silent about destruction through an exploration of institutional attitudes to iconoclasm, or image breaking, and the concepts place in public display.

"Whether we respond in horror or relief at the iconoclastic act, the museum remains the key institutional mediator of our horror or delight; Stacy Boldrick’s excellent book lucidly illuminates the intimate relation of the apparently silent, contained museum and the wild energies that surround and feed it" - James Simpson, Harvard University, USA

"This is a staggeringly timely book tackling issues that are vitally important for our re-imagining of shared spaces within and well beyond museums." - Richard Clay, University of Newcastle, UK

"Whether we respond in horror or relief at the iconoclastic act, the museum remains the key institutional mediator of our horror or delight; Stacy Boldrick’s excellent book lucidly illuminates the intimate relation of the apparently silent, contained museum and the wild energies that surround and feed it." - James Simpson, Harvard University, USA

"This is a staggeringly timely book tackling issues that are vitally important for our re-imagining of shared spaces within and well beyond museums." - Richard Clay, University of Newcastle, UK

"This is a well researched and relevant study of a subject that rarely gets adequate attention. Boldrick is an authoritative guide to the equivocal status of images in society and in the process she reveals much about iconoclasm and museums, as well as human nature. As long as there are image makers, it seems there will always be image breakers. As Boldrick syas, "Iconoclams never ends". - Stephen Feeke, Curator

Stacy Boldrick is Lecturer and Programme Director for the MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies in the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.

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ISBN 13	9781138369689
ISBN 10	1138369683
Title	Iconoclasm and the Museum
Author	Stacy Boldrick
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-09-25
Number of pages	196
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