Description |
xviii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Introduction : the merchant from Holland -- pt. 1. The theoretical misanthrope, 1912-19. In literary Berlin -- In anti-war Berlin -- pt. 2. The angry artist, 1919-23. Spartacist pampleteer -- Communist relationships -- Books and portfolios -- pt. 3. Towards nothingness, 1923-33. Participation and pessimism -- Critics and trials -- Epilogue : the saddest man in Europe |
Summary |
Examines the ideological motivations of Grosz's political cartoons in an effort to define further the relationship between art and his political involvements in Berlin of the 1920s. Provides a clearer understanding of the artist and an unusual insight into the Weimar Republic |
Analysis |
German drawings Grosz, George Critical studies |
Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis, University of Wisconsin |
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Revision of the author's thesis, University of Wisconsin |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Grosz, George, 1893-1959.
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Grosz, George, 1893-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Art and state -- Germany.
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SUBJECT |
Germany -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054524 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001940
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Germany -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054524 -- Humor.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003666
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Germany -- History -- 1918-1933 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054589 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001940
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Germany http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931 -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006357
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Germany http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931 -- History, Comical, satirical, etc
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
79143764 |
ISBN |
0299059014 |
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