1st Edition
German Art in New York The Canonization of Modern Art 1904-1957
By Gregor Langfeld
Copyright 2015
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why did the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York, and art collectors and curators such as Katherine Dreier and Alfred Barr, collect modern German art in the first half of the twentieth century? And why did certain works of art belong to the canon while others did not?, In this book, Gregor Langfeld argues that National Socialism played a crucial role in the canonization of movements... Read more
Introduction, Harvard University From the First Exhibitions of German Art to the First World War, Promoting German Art in the 1920s: The International versus the National Position, Promoting German Art around 1930: The National Position, The Influence of National Socialism on Canonization, The Affirmation of the Canon, Conclusions
Biography
Gregor Langfeld is Assistant Professor History of Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam
