Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art by Daisy Dixon #foliosociety

Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art by Daisy Dixon #foliosocietyA work of art is a strange thing. It can carry us to the soaring peaks of beauty or drag us all the way down to the burning depths of depravity. We often treat artworks as sacred, almost ethereal. But they are an intimate piece of this world born from the hands of geniuses, and from the hands of monsters. What makes an artwork immoral? Why do these troubling creations have such a hold on us? And how should we deal with them? We live in a moment when

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QuadrilleISBN: 9781837831005Extent: 320 pages

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‘An intelligent and enlightening book’ MICHAEL MORPURGO

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