Episode 5
A hundred years apart, statues of Nelson and Napoleon are blown up in Dublin and Paris. David Freedberg investigates.
With new surges of activity from religious, political and military extremists, the destruction of images has become increasingly relevant on a global scale. A founder of the study of early modern and contemporary iconoclasm, David Freedberg has addressed this topic for five decades. His work has brought this subject to a central place in art history, critical to the understanding not only of art but of all images in society.
This volume of essays collects the most significant of Freedberg's texts on iconoclasm and censorship, bringing five key works back into print alongside new assessments of contemporary iconoclasm in places ranging from the Near and Middle East to the United States, as well as a fresh survey of the entire subject.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by John Hopkins
Produced by Clive Brill
A Brill production for 成人快手 Radio 4
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