Otto Dix and the First World War : Grotesque Humor, Camaraderie and Remembrance
Otto Dix fought in the First World War for four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. This book takes Dix's very public, monumental works out of the isolation of the artist's studio and returns them to a context of public memorials, mass media depiction...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | German Visual Culture Ser.
v.6 |
| Schlagworte: | World War, 1914-1918 Art and society Electronic books Dix, Otto Art and war Weltkrieg Germany Art Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (450 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Otto Dix fought in the First World War for four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. This book takes Dix's very public, monumental works out of the isolation of the artist's studio and returns them to a context of public memorials, mass media depictions, and the communal search for meaning in the war. Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Dix in Uniform: The First World War and the Front Experience -- Chapter 2 Dix and Dada: War Cripples and Neurasthenics, Soldier's Slang, and the Humor of Grotesque Realism -- Chapter 3 Dix in Düsseldorf: The Scandal of The Trench and Business with Karl Nierendorf During the Inflation Years -- Chapter 4 Dix and Other Veterans: The Print Portfolio The War, the Reichsbanner, and Social Democratic Memories of the War Experience -- Chapter 5 Dix in the Late Weimar Era: The Triptych The War, All Quiet on the Western Front, and the Contest over the Memory of the War -- Chapter 6 Dix in Nazi Germany and "Inner Emigration": Flanders and the End of the Contest over the Memory of the War -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (450 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781788743341 1788743342 9783034317238 3034317239 |