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    Art Under Attack

    November 22, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Art incites great passion. Individual artworks are adored and people become devoted to particular artists. On the flip-side, however, this strength of feeling can equally well be a negative one- many pieces of art are passionately hated. This hatred and anger often prompts the destruction of artworks, in protest at what they represent.  When a leader is overthrown, we often see news footage of their statues being toppled.  In 1776, George Washington’s troops actually used a statue of King George III as a weapon- melting the lead to make thousands of bullets to fire at the British.  In a more personal protest, in the 1600s Royalist Prince Frederick Duleep Singh,…

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