Bernhard Heisig and the fight for modern art in East Germany / April A. Eisman.
Bernhard Heisig and the fight for modern art in East Germany / April A. Eisman.
Bernhard Heisig and the fight for modern art in East Germany / April A. Eisman.
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Publisher
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2018.
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G 2019/0562
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : Why Heisig matters -- From the Nazi past to the Cold War present -- Art for an educated nation -- Against the wall : murals, modern art, and controversy -- The contentious emergence of the "Leipzig school" -- Portraying workers and revolutionaries -- Conclusion : The quintessential Ge...
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Publisher
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2018.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
East German studies today is thriving. Scholars have shown East Germany to be a complex society where culture played an important, if contested, role in the making of the socialist person. In English-language scholarship, however, the visual arts-and especially painting-have been largely ignored, the result of the misperception that East German art...
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Bernhard Heisig and the fight for modern art in East Germany / April A. Eisman.
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Pittsburgh, 2007) under the title: Bernhard Heisig and the cultural politics of East German art.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/0562
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74VKV0vNo0yl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0vNo0yl
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ISBN
164014031X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781640140318 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
759.3
MMS ID
991024224100802626
