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The monument : art, vulgarity, and responsibility in Iraq / Samir al-Khalil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Andre Deutsch, [1991]Copyright date: ©1991Description: xv, 153 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0233986561
  • 9780233986562
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.9567 20
  • 725.960956747 20
LOC classification:
  • NA9380.B34 K43 1991b
Contents:
The art of the monument -- The symbolism of the monument -- The monument and the city -- Politics as art -- Andy Warhol and Saddam Husain -- Vulgarity and art -- The kitsch of Baghdad -- Turath as art -- Singling out the monument -- Ethical ambiguities.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-146) and index.

The art of the monument -- The symbolism of the monument -- The monument and the city -- Politics as art -- Andy Warhol and Saddam Husain -- Vulgarity and art -- The kitsch of Baghdad -- Turath as art -- Singling out the monument -- Ethical ambiguities.

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