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.
In telling the stories of ten masterpieces, David\'s Sling invites reflection on the synergy between liberty and human achievement..
This book integrates the themes of creative excellence and political freedom to bring a fresh, new perspective to both.
Fusing political and art History with a judicious dose of creative reconstruction, Victoria Coates has crafted a lively narrative around each artistic object and the free system that inspired it.
David\'s Sling places into context ten canonical Works of art executed to commemorate the successes of free societies that exerted political and economic influence far beyond what might have been expected of them.
Even scholars who have studied them for decades often miss the big picture by viewing them in isolation from a larger story of human striving.
Millions have admired the artWorks covered in this book but relatively few know why they were commissioned, what was happening in the culture that produced them, or what they were meant to achieve.
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.
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
