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||13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| For someone like me who is a student of government but lacks ...|By Michael Sobolik|This book changed the way I look at art. Dr. Coates walks the reader through the historical progression of democracies and their art from the Parthenon and Michelangelo's David to Monet's Water Lilies and the American West. For someone like me who is a student of government but lacks familiar|About the Author|
Victoria C. G. Coates is a cultural historian who received her Ph.D. from The University of Pennsylvania specializing in Italian renaissance studies. She regularly contributes to conferences and symposia in the United States and Europe, an

Throughout Western history, the societies that have made the greatest contributions to the spread of freedom have created iconic works of art to celebrate their achievements. Yet despite the enduring appeal of these works—from the Parthenon to Michelangelo’s David to Picasso’s Guernica—histories of both art and democracy have ignored this phenomenon. Millions have admired the artworks covered in this book but relatively few know why they...


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