Format:
143 Seiten
ISBN:
0300219997
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9780300219999
Content:
The art of German printmaker and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is famously empathetic; Kollwitz imbued her prints, drawings, and sculpture with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war. This insightful book, the first English-language catalogue on Kollwitz in more than two decades, offers the singular opportunity to examine her work against the tumultuous backdrop of World Wars I and II. The societal cost of war became an enduring subject for Kollwitz after her youngest son died on the battlefield in Flanders in 1914. She dedicated much of the remainder of her career to creating images that questioned the efficacy of war, exposed its devastation, and promoted peace. The essays discuss the motifs she developed in this pursuit-young widows, grieving parents alongside maternal figures that serve as defenders, guardians, activists, and mourners-within the context of German visual culture from 1914 to 1945. 0Exhibition: Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, USA (16.09-20.12.2015) / Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA (29.01-29.05.2016)
Content:
The art of German printmaker and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is famously empathetic; Kollwitz imbued her prints, drawings, and sculpture with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war. This insightful book, the first English-language catalogue on Kollwitz in more than two decades, offers the singular opportunity to examine her work against the tumultuous backdrop of World Wars I and II. The societal cost of war became an enduring subject for Kollwitz after her youngest son died on the battlefield in Flanders in 1914. She dedicated much of the remainder of her career to creating images that questioned the efficacy of war, exposed its devastation, and promoted peace. The essays discuss the motifs she developed in this pursuit-young widows, grieving parents alongside maternal figures that serve as defenders, guardians, activists, and mourners-within the context of German visual culture from 1914 to 1945. 0Exhibition: Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, USA (16.09-20.12.2015) / Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA (29.01-29.05.2016)
Note:
Published in conjunction with the exhibitions The Krieg Cycle: Kathe Kollwitz and World War I, 16 September - 13 December 2015 at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, curated by Claire C. Whitner and Mothers´Arms: Käthe Kollwitz´s Women and War at the Smith College Museum of Art, 29 January - 29 May 2016, curated by Henrie͏̈tte Kets de Vries
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Directors' Foreword
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Editor's Foreword
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Mothers' Arms : Käthe Kollwitz's Women and War
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"They were all deceived" : Art, Women, and Propaganda in the Life and Work of Käthe Kollwitz
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Käthe Kollwitz and "Boasting Virility" at Smith College's Museum of Art
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Plates ; Käthe Kollwitz and the "Krieg" Cycle : The Genesis, Creation, and Legacy of an Iconic Print Series
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"Enough have died! No more shall perish!" : Käthe Kollwitz and World War I
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Grief Reserved for the Mother : Käthe Kollwitz's "Krieg" Cycle and Gender in the Weimar Republic
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Works Cited ; Checklists.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Kollwitz, Käthe 1867-1945
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Author information:
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