Last winter, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain sculpture. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo’s David was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally ill artist. With each incident, intellectuals must confront the unsettling dynamic between destruction and art. Renowned art historian Dario Gamboni is the first to tackle this weighty issue in depth, exploring specters ...(展开全部)

作者达瑞奥·冈博尼，瑞士学者，现为日内瓦大学艺术史系教授(2004年至今)，受教于法国著名哲学家和社会学家皮埃尔·布尔迪厄，致力于19世纪与20世纪艺术研究，尤擅长现代与当代艺术、偶像破坏、视觉歧义与视觉含混、法国印象派画家奥迪隆·雷东与保罗·高更、艺术与空间等问题的研究。