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" Scandal, Shock and Rivalry Can Be an Artist's Best Friends Scandal, shock and rivalry all have negative connotations, don't they? They can be catastrophic to businesses and individual careers. A whiff of scandal can turn a politician into a smoking ruin. But these potentially disastrous negatives can and have spurred the world of fine art to new heights. A look at the history of art tells us that rivalries have, in fact, not only benefited the course of art, from ancient times to the present, but have also helped shape our narrative of art, lending it a sense of drama that it might otherwise lack, and therefore drawing the interest of a public who might not be drawn to the objects alone. There would be no Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo had rival Raphael not tricked the pope into assigning him the commission, certain that Michelangelo, who had never before worked with frescoes, would botch the job and become a laughing stock. Scandal and shock have proven to be powerful weapons when harnessed and wielded willfully and well. That scandal is good for exposure has been so obviously the case that many artists have courted it intentionally, which we will define as shock: intentionally overturning expectations of the majority in a way that traditionalist find dismaying or upsetting, but which a certain minority avant-garde find exciting. From Damien Hirst presenting the public with a shark embalmed in formaldehyde and entombed in a glass case to Marcel Duchamp trying to convince the art community that a urinal is a great sculpture shock has been a key promotional tool. The Devil in the Gallery is a guided tour of the history of art through it scandals, rivalries, and shocking acts, each of which resulted in a positive step forward for art in general and, in most cases, for the careers of the artists in question. In addition to telling dozens of stories, lavishly illustrated in full color, of such dramatic moments and arguing how they not only affected the history of art but affected it for the better, we will also examine the proactive role of the recipients of these intentionally dramatic actions: The art historians, the critics and even you, the general public. The Devil likes to lurk in dark corners of the art world, morphing into many forms. Let us shed light upon him. "
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Rezension(1): "Good Reads Reviews: An interesting read with short, bite-size chunks of text on specific artists, their proclivities and the specific affect or origin of a few of their works. It is informative and entertaining for its particular focus on the less discussed or less socially/politically-correct aspects of these artists and their works, drawing connections that one may not have considered when looking superficially at the pieces These non-linear connections on scandal, shock and rivalry are drawn from literature and resources of the time to reinforce points of perspective and historical opinion, an interesting sidebar to the more understood points of an artists life and challenges that succeeds in fleshing out one's own understanding of the nuances of art history. For those of you who are big on notes, they are extensive and would a allow a reader to follow a few rabbit holes, if they so choose. " Rezension(2): "Library Journal, Starred Review: Are the best artists badly behaved? This is the question Charney seeks to answer. He makes the case that rivalries, scandals, and shocking moments seem to have benefited the reputations of some artists. He opens and closes his exploration with stories about Caravaggio, a notorious bad boy painter in Renaissance Italy, who was known for threatening people, joining gangs of artists, and even killing a rival. Caravaggio is just one of the many artists detailed here (some from the Western canon, some from outside it). Charney covers a lot of ground in each chapter, with bite-sized but comprehensive coverage of dramatic events in the art world. His theme is artists who have learned how to cleverly rebel against societal norms while raising their notoriety and popularity. In the business world, competition may lead to cheaper goods, but in the art world, competition, rivalry, and scandal can raise one's net worth. This book offers lots of peeks into the art world throughout history. It's an in-depth look at varied time periods and artists, which readers interested in gossip, drama, or art history will enjoy. " Rezension(3): "Publishers Weekly: In this delightful romp, novelist and art history professor Charney makes a thrilling case for how antagonistic actions, moods, and tendencies... actually helped shape and elevate the course of art. Charney makes his case in often-irreverent prose (Caravaggio was a major-league asshole) and uses vignettes to demonstrate how his themes of scandal, shock, and rivalry have advanced the careers of artists and changed the trajectory of art from classical times through to the present. Notoriety and the risqué,testing of society's boundaries, for example, often accelerated the careers of such painters as Greuze, Manet, and Picasso, while controversy, Charney asserts, is not always bad: Duchamp's Dadaist urinal created shock waves in its day, but seems tepid when compared to the bizarre performance art practiced by contemporary artists Ulay and Marina Abramovic (who carved a star into her own stomach). And rivalries8212" Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from May 1, 2021 Are the best artists badly behaved? This is the question Charney (art history, American Univ. of Rome & Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia, The Museum of Lost Art , The Art of Forgery ) seeks to answer. He makes the case that rivalries, scandals, and shocking moments seem to have benefited the reputations of some artists. He opens and closes his exploration with stories about Caravaggio, a notorious bad boy painter in Renaissance Italy, who was known for threatening people, joining gangs of artists, and even killing a rival. Caravaggio is just one of the many artists detailed here (some from the Western canon, some from outside it). Charney covers a lot of ground in each chapter, with bite-sized but comprehensive coverage of dramatic events in the art world. His theme is artists who have learned how to cleverly rebel against societal norms while raising their notoriety and popularity. In the business world, competition may lead to cheaper goods, but in the art world, competition, rivalry, and scandal can raise one's net worth. VERDICT This book offers lots of peeks into the art world throughout history. It's an in-depth look at varied time periods and artists, which readers interested in gossip, drama, or art history will enjoy. --Rebecca Kluberdanz, Central New York Lib. Resources Council, SyracuseCopyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(5): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: June 28, 2021 In this delightful romp, novelist and art history professor Charney ( The Collector of Lives ) makes a thrilling case for how “antagonistic actions, moods, and tendencies... actually helped shape and elevate the course of art.” Charney makes his case in often-irreverent prose (“Caravaggio was a major-league asshole”) and uses vignettes to demonstrate how his themes of scandal, shock, and rivalry have advanced the careers of artists and changed the trajectory of art from classical times through to the present. Notoriety and the risqu233" Rezension(6): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 1, 2021 In the art world, scandal has almost always been a good thing for the artist and for their art, writes Charney (The Collector of Lives, 2017) in his lavishly illustrated new book on rivalry, scandal, and shock over 2,000 years of art history. Each chapter introduces and defines one of these three key terms and then whisks the reader away on a breathless ride through a series of case studies that key in on a specific artwork or art-world intervention. Though the visual analysis is well trodden--for example, the discussion of Caravaggio's paintings highlights the artist's unique decisions to dress biblical figures in contemporary garb and show unusual moments in their familiar stories--the framework of controversy invigorates the accounts with new energy and fresh perspectives. There's a casualness to the prose (for example, Charney describes baroque painters as a badass bunch) and the structure, with little obvious connections between case studies. But on his main point, Charney is clear: impropriety does not only make for good art-world stories, it is also the fuel that drives invention. COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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