Art of the Defeat

by Jane Marie Todd, Laurence Bertrand-Dorléac, Serge Guilbaut

Art of the Defeat provides an unflinching look at the art scene in France during the German occupation. Beginning with Adolf Hitler's staging of the armistice at Rethondes, the book offers a survey of Nazi and Vichy artistic policies, key events and organizations, and individual acts of collaboration and resistance. Examined in the text are the demonization of foreigners and modernists, the looting of state museums and Jewish collections, the glorification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892368918
• ISBN13: 9780892368914
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Getty Research Institute
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 8.8"