| Description |
423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
1937: Modern art and politics in prewar Germany / Stephanie Barron -- Beauty without sensuality / George L. Mosse -- Three days in Munich, July 1937 / Peter Guenther -- Entartete Kunst, Munich 1937 / Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau -- "Educational Exhibition" / Christoph Zuschlag -- Fight for modern art / Annegret Janda -- On the trail of missing masterpieces / Andreas Hüneke -- Galerie Fischer auction / Stephanie Barron -- Musical facade for the Third Reich / Michael Meyer -- Film censorship during the Nazi era / William Moritz -- Works of art in Entartete Kunst, Munich 1937 / Dagmar Grimm, Peter Guenther, Pamela Kort |
| Summary |
Examines the 1937 Nazi-arranged exhibition "Degenerate Art," comprised of 650 avante-garde artworks stripped from German museums. Includes essays, a diagrammed catalogue of the exhibition, artist biographies, a translated facsimile of the exhibition guide, and other reference resources, accompanied by reprints of the artworks and photos of the exhibition itself |
| Notes |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 17-May 12, 1991, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 22-Sept. 8, 1991 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Art, German -- Exhibitions.
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Art, German -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Music and state -- Germany -- 20th century.
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Music -- Germany -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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National socialism and art -- Exhibitions.
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National socialism and music.
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Art -- history.
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Culture -- history
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Cultural policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115153 -- Exhibitions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Barron, Stephanie, 1950-
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Guenther, Peter W.
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Art Institute of Chicago.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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| LC no. |
90022147 |
| ISBN |
0810936534 |
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0875871585 |
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