Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 / Françoise Meltzer.

Main entry:

Meltzer, Françoise, author.

Title & Author:

Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 / Françoise Meltzer.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
©2019

Description:

xv, 240 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What I remember -- By way of beginning -- When words fail: writing disaster -- Ruination in painting: making the unspeakable visible -- Through a lens, darkly: texts and images -- Suffering and victimization -- Foregone and other conclusions.

Summary:

"This book draws on literature, painting, and a never-before-seen cache of photographs to explore the representation of catastrophe and the targeting of civilians in war. Focusing on images of Nazi Germany's bombed-out cities, the author connects the fraught aesthetics of ruins with the problem of how to acknowledge German suffering."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780226625638 (hardcover alkaline paper)
022662563X (hardcover alkaline paper)
(electronic book)
9780226625775

Subject:

BMBF-Statusseminar
World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 Germany Aerial operations, Allied.
World War, 1939-1945 Germany Influence.
World War, 1939-1945 Germany Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 Germany Photography.
World War, 1939-1945 Germany Art and the war.
Ruins, Modern Germany.
Ruins in art.
Civilians in war Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 Moral and ethical aspects.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Destruction et pillage Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Allemagne Influence.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Allemagne Aspect psychologique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Allemagne Photographie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Allemagne Art et guerre.
Ruines modernes Allemagne.
Ruines dans l'art.
Guerre Participation des civils Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Aspect moral.
Civilians in war
Destruction and pillage
Ethics
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Photography
Psychological aspects
Ruins, Modern
Fotografie
Kriegszerstörung
Moralischer Sinn
Psychische Belastung
Ruine
Weltkrieg
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Destruction et pillage Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Opérations aériennes Allemagne.
Ruines (esthétique)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Art et guerre Allemagne.
Germany
1945

Form/genre:

works of art.
Art
Œuvres d'art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306378
Call No.: BIB 251971
Status: Available

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