Physical Description
xi, 286 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents
Introduction. Art objects as history
Titanic sinks, departure arrives. Max Beckmann's melodramatic role in the fall of history painting and rise of the historical object
Lost and found Dada objects and subjects. George Grosz, Hannah Höch, and German Jewish identity
Objects of interpretation. Grosz's Germany: a winter's tale
Absender: ich. Willi Baumeister's anti-Nazi works as objects of (s)exchange
Sculpture and crime. Arno Breker
From muscle men to fatty remains. Joseph Beuys's sculptural objects beyond objecthood
Conclusion. Beyond Beuys: Gerhard Richter's choice.
ISBN
9780520260429
0520260422 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Art objects as history -- Titanic sinks, departure arrives. Max Beckmann's melodramatic role in the fall of history painting and rise of the historical object -- Lost and found Dada objects and subjects. George Grosz, Hannah Höch, and German Jewish identity -- Objects of interpretation. Grosz's Germany: a winter's tale -- Absender: ich. Willi Baumeister's anti-Nazi works as objects of (s)exchange -- Sculpture and crime. Arno Breker -- From muscle men to fatty remains. Joseph Beuys's sculptural objects beyond objecthood -- Conclusion. Beyond Beuys: Gerhard Richter's choice.
