TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petropoulos,Jonathan
TI  - Artists under Hitler: collaboration and survival in Nazi Germany 
SN  - 9780300197471 (hbk.) :
AV  - NX180.N37 P48 2014
U1  - 701.03094309033 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - National socialism and art
KW  - Arts, German
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Artists
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Germany
KW  - The arts: general issues
KW  - thema
KW  - Biography: arts & entertainment
KW  - Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939
KW  - History of art
KW  - European history
KW  - History
KW  - Biography: general
KW  - General & world history
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - Individual architects & architectural firms
KW  - Composers & songwriters
KW  - Individual artists, art monographs
KW  - Musicians, singers, bands & groups
KW  - Individual photographers
KW  - 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
KW  - Modernism
KW  - Art and Design
KW  - ukslc
KW  - 1933-1945
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - A nuanced analysis of prominent modernist German artists who rejected exile during the Nazi era; A penetrating inquiry into the motives, moral dilemmas, and compromises of Walter Gropius, Emil Nolde, and other celebrated artists who chose to remain in Nazi Germany "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 Grndgens, 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 facingexcruciating choices and grave moral questions
ER  -