Editing Hermann Nitsch (section)

== Controversy ==
Because of their intense and graphic nature, often using nude performers and blood, Nitsch was subject to several court trials with charges of gross public indecency, and even sentences of three prison terms, because of his artworks. It has been suggested by critics that his work may exemplify certain peoples' fascination with, and desensitization to, violence.<ref name="Hermann Nitsch"/><ref>[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2009/10/24/hermann-nitsch-scandalo-per-due.html Article in Italian newspaper ''La Repubblica'']</ref><ref name="Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath: The Sacrificial Rites of Hermann Nitsch.">[http://www.cvltnation.com/sabbath-bloody-sabbath-the-sacrificial-rites-of-hermann-nitsch/ Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath: The Sacrificial Rites of Hermann Nitsch.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601135506/http://www.cvltnation.com/sabbath-bloody-sabbath-the-sacrificial-rites-of-hermann-nitsch/ |date=1 June 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Animals, art and death: Hermann Nitsch's 3-Day-Play">[http://viennesewaltz.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/nitsch-2/ Animals, art and death: Hermann Nitsch's 3-Day-Play.]</ref>