What the history of iconoclasm tells us about the Confederate statue controversy
- Written by Henry Adams, Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
A Confederate statue lies on a pallet in a warehouse in Durham, North Carolina after protesters toppled and defaced it.AP Photo/Allen BreedOver the last few months, a new American civil war seems to have broken out. It isn’t being fought with weapons. Instead, it’s being fought with statues and symbols, and at the heart of the dispute...
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