Name: Nostalgia for the Future: Modernism and Heterogeneity in the Visual Arts of Nazi Germany
Price: 1093.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Gregory Maertz
ISBN: 9783838212814

portada Nostalgia for the Future: Modernism and Heterogeneity in the Visual Arts of Nazi Germany

Nostalgia for the Future: Modernism and Heterogeneity in the Visual Arts of Nazi Germany

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Ibidem Press

Author

Gregory Maertz

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

230

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9783838212814

Synopsis "Nostalgia for the Future: Modernism and Heterogeneity in the Visual Arts of Nazi Germany "

From the early years of the Weimar Republic until the collapse of Hitler’s regime, demonizing modernist art as a symptom of the corruption of German culture was a standard trope in National Socialist propaganda. But how consistent and thorough was Nazi censorship of modernist artists? Maertz’s pioneering research unearths the persistence of recognizable modernist styles in painting and sculpture produced under the patronage of the Nazi Party and German government institutions, even after the infamous 1937 purge of “degenerate art” from state-funded museums.In the first chapter on Hitler’s advocacy for “eugenic” figurative representation embodying Nazi nostalgia for lost Aryan racial perfection and the aspiration for the future perfection of the German Volk, and in the second chapter on the appropriation of Christian iconography in constructing symbols of a Nazi racial utopia, Maertz conclusively proves that the Nazi attack on modernism was inconsistent. In further chapters, demonstrating Baldur von Schirach’s heretical patronage of modernist art as the supreme Nazi Party authority in Vienna and the German military’s unlikely function as an incubator of modernist art, Maertz reveals that the sponsorship of modernist artists continued until the collapse of the regime. Also based on previously unexamined evidence, including 10,000 works of art confiscated by the U.S. Army, Maertz’s final chapter reconstructs the anarchic denazification and rehabilitation of German artists during the Allied occupation, which had unforeseen consequences for the postwar art world.

Customers reviews

Have you read this book? Login to add your review.

More customer reviews

0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews

Nostalgia for the Future: Modernism and Heterogeneity in the Visual Arts of Nazi Germany - Gregory Maertz

Synopsis "Nostalgia for the Future: Modernism and Heterogeneity in the Visual Arts of Nazi Germany "

Customers reviews

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

In what language is the book written?

What is the format of this book?

Questions and Answers about the Book

Opinions about Bookdelivery