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The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

Paperback

Art Criticism & TheoryGeneral ArtArt & Popular Culture

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 0393343146
ISBN13: 9780393343144
Publisher: W W Norton & Co
Published: Aug 13 2012
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath's poetry to Francis Bacon's paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono's performance art, Nelson's nuanced exploration across the artistic landscape ultimately offers a model of how one might balance strong ethical convictions with an equally strong appreciation for work that tests the limits of taste, taboo, and permissibility.

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