Art as Politics in the Third Reich

by Jonathan Petropoulos

Book Overview

The political elite of Nazi Germany perceived itself as a cultural elite as well. In Art as Politics in the Third Reich, Jonathan Petropoulos explores the elite's cultural aspirations by examining both the formulation of a national aesthetic policy and the content of the private art collections held by high-ranking Nazis. He demonstrates that these leaders manipulated public policy and their own collecting patterns to articulate fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848093
• ISBN13: 9780807848098
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"