Toppling Statues :
Papers from the 2020 PSSA Webinar Co-Hosted by the Burlington Magazine /
edited by Marjorie Trusted, with Joanna Barnes
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| Summary: | "Toppling Statues is emphatically a book of the moment. The tumultuous world events of 2020, COVID-19 and the killing of George Floyd, suddenly and dramatically made public monuments to monarchs, empire builders, politicians and merchants highly controversial. This applied especially to any perceived relationship that they had with slavery and imperial conquest. Should they stay or should they go? Or is there a viable third way, to retain and explain them where possible? Partly in response to this, the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) was formed. Within weeks it held an immensely successful public webinar, 'Toppling Statues', in conjunction with The Burlington Magazine. This book, the PSSA's first publication, was inspired by some of the many learned and lively webinar contributions"--Page 4 of cover |
| Format: | Journal / Serial |
| Language: | English |
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Watford :
PSSA Publishing,
2021
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references Physical description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm more |
| ISBN: | 9781838397609 1838397604 |
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