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Iconoclasm in revolutionary Paris : the transformation of signs /

From Ancient Egypt to the Arab Spring, iconoclasm has occurred throughout history and across cultures. Both a vehicle for protest and a means of imagining change, it was rife during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution, and in this richly illustrated book Richard Clay examines how political...

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Main Author:	Clay, Richard (Richard S.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, 2012.
Series:	SVEC ; 2012:11.
Subjects:	Iconoclasm > France > Paris > 18th century. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Art and the revolution. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.

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