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 ...
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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.
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Add this copy of Degenerate Art-the Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany to cart. $120.00, good condition, Sold by Diamond Hollow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Andes, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Neue Galerie / Prestel.
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VG- in VG jacket. VG-in mustard colored cloth and illustrated dust-jacket, 320 pages. DJ shows just minor wear, a few small nicks & scrapes. This was the working copy of the late art critic Peter Schjeldahl whose markings & notes appear fairly regularly throughout the various texts. Images of a few examples are here provided and additional shots can be upon request. Schjeldahl wrote on Degenerate Art in his piece "The Anti-Modernists" in the March 2017 issue of The New Yorker (he lauds this catalogue as compulsively readable. ) Laid in is a folded oversized "Timeline" of relevant July-September 1932 events in Germany, presumably provided as an exhibition aide.
Add this copy of Degenerate Art: the Attack on Modern Art in Nazi to cart. $125.00, like new condition, Sold by Design Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Prestel and Neue Galerie.
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Fine in Fine jacket. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket. Completely clean. Edited by Olaf Peters. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Neue Galerie in New York from March 13 to June 30, 2014. Essays by Olaf Peters, Mario-Andreas von Luttichau, Ines Schlenker, Ernst Ploil, Karsten Muller, Bernhard Fulda and Aya Soika, Karl Stamm, Ruth Heftrig, and Jonathan Petropoulos. Checklist. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 320 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Like New. Size: 9x1x11; Brand new large format hardcover in jacket still in publisher's shrink wrap. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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