Main entry:

Petropoulos, Jonathan.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

Description:

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

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 Gründgens ; Leni Riefenstahl ; Arno Breker ; Albert Speer -- Conclusion.

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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780300197471 (hardback)
0300197470 (hardback)

Subject:

Künstler
BMBF-Statusseminar
National socialism and art.
Arts, German 20th century.
Artists Germany Social conditions 20th century.
Nazisme et art.
Arts allemands 20e siècle.
HISTORY Europe Germany.
HISTORY Modern 20th Century.
HISTORY Social History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Artists, Architects, Photographers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Composers & Musicians.
Art and Design.
Artists Social conditions
Arts, German
Social conditions
Nationalsozialismus
Anpassung
World War, 1939-1945 Collaborationists Germany
Nazism och konst.
Konstnärer.
Tysk konst.
Sociala förhållanden.
Germany Social conditions 20th century.
Allemagne Conditions sociales 20e siècle.
Germany
(bisacsh)HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
(bisacsh)HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
(bisacsh)HISTORY / Social History.
(bisacsh)BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.
(bisacsh)BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288434
Call No.: BIB 230116
Status: Available