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Degenerate art : the attack on modern art in Nazi Germany, 1937 / edited by Olaf Peters ; preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renée Price ; with contributions by Bernhard Fulda [and nine others].

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: N6868.5.N37 D44 2014

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    This book accompanies the first major museum exhibition devoted to a reconstruction of the infamous Nazi display of modern art since the presentation originated by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1991. During the Nazi regime in Germany, "degenerate art" was the official term for much of the most important modern art of the day. "Degenerate art" was defined by the Nazi regime as artwork that was not in line with the National Socialists' ideas of beauty. Their condemnation extended to works in nearly every major art movement: Expressionism, Dada, New Objectivity, Surrealism, Cubism, and Fauvism. Banned artists included Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Oskar Kokoschka. Richly illustrated, Degenerate Art elucidates the historical and intellectual context of the notorious exhibition in Munich in 1937, which spurred the attack on modern art. The book contains reflections on the genesis and evolution of the term "degenerate art" and details of the National Socialist policy on art. Art works from the exhibition Degenerate Art are compared to works of art from The Great German Art Exhibition, which was held at the same time and displayed the works of officially approved artists. The book also presents the after-effects of the attack on modernism that are felt even today.

    Während der NS-Diktatur in Deutschland wurde ein grosser Teil der modernen Kunst als "entartet" diffamiert und die Künstler und deren Förderer aufs Massivste verfolgt. Verfemt wurden Werke, die nicht mit den nationalsozialistischen Idealen und volkspädagogischen Interessen vereinbar waren. Die Verurteilung erstreckte sich auch auf kommunistische und jüdische Künstler und auf nahezu alle grossen Kunstströmungen: Expressionismus, Dada, Neue Sachlichkeit, Surrealismus, Kubismus und Fauvismus. Verfemte Künstler waren u. a. Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, Otto Dix, Lovis Corinth, Max Ernst und Oskar Kokoschka. 'Degenerate Art' beschreibt die 1937 in München stattfindende Ausstellung Entartete Kunst, die den Angriff auf die moderne Kunst in Gang setzte. Sie wurde in der Nähe vom damaligen "Haus der Deutschen Kunst" gezeigt, in dem zeitgleich die erste Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung stattfand, die Künstler ausstellte, die vom NS-Regime offiziell anerkannt waren. Weitere Themen im Buch sind die Entstehung und Entwicklung des Begriffs "Entartete Kunst", Details zur nationalsozialistischen Kunstpolitik sowie die Nachwirkungen des Angriffs auf die moderne Kunst.0Exhibition: Neue Galerie New York, USA (13.03.-30.06.2014).
    Format
    Book
    Published
    Munich : Prestel, 2014
    Contents
    FROM NOURDAU TO HITLER
    "CRAZY AT ANY PRICE"
    PLATES I
    DEFINING NATIONAL SOCIALIST ART
    GENESIS, CONCEPTION, AND CONSEQUENCES
    THE "ENTARTETE KUNST" EXHIBITIONS IN AUSTRIA
    PLATES II
    "VIOLENT VOMITING OVER ME"
    EMIL NOLDE AND THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIP
    "DEGENERATE ART" ON THE SCREEN
    PLATES III
    NARROWED MODERNISM
    FROM LUCERNE TO WASHINGTON, DC
    Other Authors/Editors
    Peters, Olaf, editor of compilation.
    Fulda, Bernhard, contributor.
    Neue Galerie New York.
    Notes
    Catalog of the exhibition held at the Neue Galerie New York, March 13-June 30, 2014.
    Includes bibliographical references (page 312-316) and index.
    FROM NOURDAU TO HITLER -- "CRAZY AT ANY PRICE" -- PLATES I -- DEFINING NATIONAL SOCIALIST ART -- GENESIS, CONCEPTION, AND CONSEQUENCES -- THE "ENTARTETE KUNST" EXHIBITIONS IN AUSTRIA -- PLATES II -- "VIOLENT VOMITING OVER ME" -- EMIL NOLDE AND THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIP -- "DEGENERATE ART" ON THE SCREEN -- PLATES III -- NARROWED MODERNISM -- FROM LUCERNE TO WASHINGTON, DC

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    English
    ISBN
    9783791353678
    3791353675
    Physical Description
    320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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