Art As Politics in the Third Reich
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- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
27 February 1999
Summary
The political elite of Nazi Germany perceived itself as a cultural elite as well. This work explores the elite’s cultural aspirations by examining both the formulation of a national aesthetic policy and the content of the private art collections held by high-ranking Nazis. The author demonstrates that these leaders manipulated public policy and their own collecting patterns to articulate fundamental tenets of Nazi ideology. The work begins by tracing the evolution of aesthetic policy from the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807848098 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807848093 |
| Author: | Jonathan Petropoulos |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 705g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 29mm |
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This work is a commendable embodiment of years of diligent research.German Studies Review
A masterpiece of “real historiography based on extensive research in primary sources concerning National Socialist Art policy throughout the globe.
“Contemporary Austrian Studies”
A masterpiece of real historiography based on extensive research in primary sources concerning National Socialist Art policy throughout the globe.“Contemporary Austrian Studies”
A masterpiece of areala[ historiography based on extensive research in primary sources concerning National Socialist Art policy throughout the globe.“Contemporary Austrian Studies”
A masterpiece of real historiography based on extensive research in primary sources concerning National Socialist Art policy throughout the globe.“Contemporary Austrian Studies”
A must in the library of anyone who writes, thinks, wonders and puzzles about the years between 1933 and 1945.“Trans-Atlantic Dialogue: Newsletter of the American Council on Germany”
“A must in the library of anyone who writes, thinks, wonders and puzzles about the years between 1933 and 1945.“Trans-Atlantic Dialogue: Newsletter of the American Council on Germany””
A masterpiece of TrealU historiography based on extensive research in primary sources concerning National Socialist Art policy throughout the globe.“Contemporary Austrian Studies”
An excellent source of information about art theft and destruction by the self-styled cultural elite of Nazi Germany.“American Historical Review”
This is a thoroughly researched and extremely useful work.“Contemporary Sociology”
This work is a commendable embodiment of years of diligent research.“German Studies Review”
About The Author
Jonathan Petropoulos
Jonathan Petropoulos is associate professor of history at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.
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