Artists under Hitler
Subtitle: collaboration and survival in Nazi Germany
By: Jonathan Petropoulos
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780300197471
Subjects: HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; Artists; HISTORY / Europe / Germany; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers; HISTORY / Social History; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians; German Arts; National socialism and art; Anpassung; Social conditions; Künstler; Nationalsozialismus
Description: ""What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?" Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration of some of the most acute moral questions of the Third Reich. In his nuanced analysis of prominent German artists, architects, composers, film directors, painters, and writers who rejected exile, choosing instead to stay during Germany's darkest period, Petropoulos shows how individuals variously dealt with the regime's public opposition to modern art. His findings explode the myth that all modern artists were anti-Nazi and all Nazis anti-modernist. Artists Under Hitler closely examines cases of artists who failed in their attempts to find accommodation with the Nazi regime (Walter Gropius, Paul Hindemith, Gottfried Benn, Ernst Barlach, Emil Nolde) as well as others whose desire for official acceptance was realized (Richard Strauss, Gustaf Gründgens, Leni Riefenstahl, Arno Breker, Albert Speer). Collectively these ten figures illuminate the complex cultural history of Nazi Germany, while individually they provide haunting portraits of people facing excruciating choices and grave moral questions"--
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The summer of art" and beyond.; title: The fight over modernism ;; title: Otto Andreas Schreiber and the pro-expressionist students ; -- The; title: continuation of modernism in Nazi Germany -- -- The; title: pursuit of accomodation.; title: Walter Gropius ;; title: Paul Hindemith ;; title: Gottfried Benn ;; title: Ernst Barlach ;; title: Emil Nolde --; title: Accomodation realized.; title: Richard Strauss ;; title: Gustaf Gründgens ;; title: Leni Riefenstahl ;; title: Arno Breker ;; title: Albert Speer ---- Conclusion.