Description
Book SynopsisAnn Murray is an independent scholar from Ireland. She is the editor of
Constructing the Memory of War in Visual Culture since 1914: The Eye on War (2018).
Trade ReviewBased on an impressive collection of archival material, this study explores critical responses to Dix's work, including National Socialist views and post-war memorialisation. * Nina Lübbren, Associate Professor in Art History and Film, Anglia Ruskin University, UK *
Murray’s deeply researched analysis reveals Dix as a trenchant critic of Weimar-era and wartime Germany. Paying close attention to the artist’s critical reception, Murray demonstrates Dix’s profound engagement with the politics of war commemoration and the memory of trauma. * Matthew Biro, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Michigan, USA *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note on Translations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. 1914-1918 2. The War Amputee as Anti-Icon 3. Disenchanting Mars:
The Trench and
The War 4.
Metropolis as War Memorialisation 5.
War at the Prussian Academy of Arts 6. The Fate of the War Pictures in the Early Years of the Third Reich Conclusion Sources and Bibliography Index
