Absence / Presence (Hardcover)

Stephen C. Feinstein

ISBN 10: 0815630832 / ISBN 13: 9780815630838

Verlag: Syracuse University Press, New York, 2005

Hardcover. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event of the twentieth century, if not in Western Civilization itself, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a broad spectrum of artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780815630838

Inhaltsangabe:

Essays provide comments and reflections about how the trauma of the Holocaust can be represented and how art mixes with theory.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Stephen C. Feinstein is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and now serves as permanent director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. He has been the curator for six museum exhibitions about Holocaust art, has edited one book, and has written six art catalogs.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Absence / Presence (Hardcover)
Verlag: Syracuse University Press, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: new