Overlooking Damage: Art, Display, and Loss in Times of Crisis

by Jonah Siegel

Book Overview

What does it mean to look? How does looking relate to damage? These are the fundamental questions addressed in Overlooking Damage. From the Roman triumph to the iconoclasm of ISIS and the Taliban to the aerial views of looted landscapes and destroyed temples visible on Google, the relationship between beauty and violence is far more intimate than we sometimes acknowledge.

Jonah Siegel makes the daring argument that a thoughtful reaction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503630552
• ISBN13: 9781503630550
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.2" x 6.2"