Art of the Defeat
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Art of the Defeat provides an unflinching look at the art scene in France during the German occupation. Beginning with Adolf Hitler's staging of the armistice at Rethondes, the book offers a survey of Nazi and Vichy artistic policies, key events and organizations, and individual acts of collaboration and resistance. Examined in the text are the demonization of foreigners and modernists, the looting of state museums and Jewish collections, the glorification of Philippe P?tain and French national identity, and the official junket by French artists to Germany. The narrative is grounded by archival research and discussion of works by G?rard Ambroselli, Jean Bazaine, Arno Breker, Fran?ois Cogn?, Aristide Maillol, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and dozens of other artists and artisans. The sum is a pioneering expos? of the deployment of art to hold darkness at bay.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0892368918
ISBN13:9780892368914
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Getty Research Institute
Length:416 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 8.8"
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