Artists under Hitler : collaboration and survival in Nazi Germany / Jonathan Petropoulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petropoulos, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National socialism and art.

Arts, German--20th century.

Arts, German.

Artists--Germany--Social conditions--20th century.

Artists.

Social conditions.

Germany--Social conditions--20th century.

Germany.

Artists--Social conditions.

Social history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 407 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

Summary:

""What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?" Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration of some of the most acute moral questions of the Third Reich. In his nuanced analysis of prominent German artists, architects, composers, film directors, painters, and writers who rejected exile, choosing instead to stay during Germany's darkest period, Petropoulos shows how individuals variously dealt with the regime's public opposition to modern art. His findings explode the myth that all modern artists were anti-Nazi and all Nazis anti-modernist. Artists Under Hitler closely examines cases of artists who failed in their attempts to find accommodation with the Nazi regime (Walter Gropius, Paul Hindemith, Gottfried Benn, Ernst Barlach, Emil Nolde) as well as others whose desire for official acceptance was realized (Richard Strauss, Gustaf Gründgens, Leni Riefenstahl, Arno Breker, Albert Speer). Collectively these ten figures illuminate the complex cultural history of Nazi Germany, while individually they provide haunting portraits of people facing excruciating choices and grave moral questions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"THE SUMMER OF ART" AND BEYOND

The Fight over Modernism

Otto Andreas Schreiber and the Pro-Expressionist Students

The Continuation of Modernism in Nazi Germany

THE PURSUIT OF ACCOMMODATION

Walter Gropius

Paul Hindemith

Gottfried Benn

Ernst Barlach

Emil Nolde

ACCOMMODATION REALIZED

Richard Strauss

Gustaf Griindgens

Leni Riefenstahl

Arno Breker

Albert Speer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300197471

0300197470

OCLC:

877369836