Main entry:

Paret, Peter.

Title & Author:

An artist against the Third Reich : Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938 / Peter Paret.

Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Description:

xvi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-187) and index.
Introduction -- Hitler -- Barlach -- Nordic Modernism -- The hounding of Barlach -- German and un-German art -- After the fact.

Summary:

"The conflict between Ernst Barlach, the most important German sculptor of the time, and the Third Reich is a remarkable episode in Hitler's war against modern art. Rather than accept repression passively, Barlach denounced the confiscation and destruction of his work as ideologically inspired and continued on his independent course. The author's discussion of Barlach's art and of his insistence on creative freedom is joined to an analysis of his opponents' motives and tactics. Hitler's ill-informed rantings against modernism in German art were nevertheless an internally consistent and politically effective critique of liberal culture. That despite Hitler's strictures some National Socialists advocated a "Nordic modernism" and tried to win Barlach to their cause exemplifies the cultural crosscurrents running through the Third Reich. Peter Paret's closely focused study of an artist in a time of crisis seamlessly combines the history of modern Germany and the history of modern art."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

052182138X (hardback)
9780521821384 (hardback)

Subject:

Barlach, Ernst, 1870-1938.
Barlach, Ernst, 1870-1938 Criticism and interpretation.
National socialism and art.
Modernism (Art) Germany.
Nazisme et art.
Modernisme (Art) Allemagne.
Modernism (Art)
Politics and government
Sculptors Germany 20th century.
National-socialisme.
Modernisme (Art)
Politique gouvernementale.
1930-1939.
Germany Politics and government 1933-1945.
Allemagne Politique et gouvernement 1933-1945.
Germany.
Allemagne.

Form/genre:

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Holdings:

Location: Library main 227563
Call No.: NB1116.B257 P3 2003
Status: Available