Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Introduction: Bruising the Public Eye -- Documents -- Chronology -- Graphic Satires -- Texts -- Essays -- Vox Ignis Vox Populi -- Thalia Meets Melpomene: The Higher Meaning of the Voice of Fire and Flesh Dress Controversies -- Who's Afraid of Barnett Newman? -- Symposium -- Voicing the Fire of the Fierce Father -- Tightrope Metaphysics -- The Sculpture of Barnett Newman -- Specific Thoughts about the Making and Meaning of Voice of Fire -- General Discussion -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary
This anthology can be seen as a case-study, providing both a historical account of the outcome of the National Gallery's purchase of the painting and an understanding of why the gallery's actions provoked such strong opinions and feelings
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index