The Invisible Masterpiece. (Books in review: what happened to art?). (book review)
American Prospect, The, March, 2002 by Ardery, Julie
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The Invisible Masterpiece By Hans Belting. Translated by Helen Atkins. University of Chicago Press, 480 pages, $45.00
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HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE fallen. From such soul-vaulting achievements as Michelangelo's David, marble buttocks and glowering determination fit to shake the world, the splendor of art has vaporized. Take your own potshot. Here's mine: Last year at the Venice Biennale--an international showcase of new artwork--the U.S.A. pavilion featured installations by Robert Gober, several rooms bare but for a few framed news clippings, empty gin bottles, and a toilet plunger ...
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