Introduction -- Positive and negative integration : the First World War in France and Germany -- Between nationalism and communism : Diego Rivera and Mexican muralism -- National and degenerate art : the Third Reich -- Internal and external enemies : the Cold War -- From Maoism to capitalist communism : the People's Republic of China -- The in-between space : Kara Walker's shadow murals -- A heavy heritage : monuments in the former Soviet Bloc -- Conclusion
Summary
This book explores the place of art and artists under a number of different political regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, traveling around the world to consider how art and politics have interacted and influenced each other in different conditions
Analysis
Arts, Politics, Ideology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index
