German encounters with Modernism: 1840-1945

Peter Paret traces the reception of modern art, from the 1840s through the Nazi era, through the lens of social and political developments in Germany. Addressing broad cultural topics, such as the early history of expressionism, the role of anti-Semitism in German reactions to modernism, the impact of the First World War on art, and the functions of art as both a political target and a political weapon, the work also includes new interpretations of artists.

  • OCLC #: 43977468
  • ISBN #:
    • 0521790557
    • 9780521790550
    • 0521794560
    • 9780521794565
  • Call #: N6868.5.M63P37 2001
  • Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
  • Language:
    • English.
  • Physical Description: xi, 271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Includes index.
  • Contents:
    • Adolph Menzel from different perspectives
    • Theodor Fontane and Max Lieberman: a Prussian comparison
    • Modernism and the 'Alien element in German Art'
    • The Tschudi affair
    • Revolutionary continuities
    • The great dying: notes on German Art, 1914-1918
    • Field Marshal and Beggar: Ernst Barlach in the First World War
    • 'The enemy within': Max Liebermann as president of the Prussian Academy of Arts
    • God's hammer.
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