Art as history : episodes in the culture and politics of nineteenth-century Germany
1988, 1st edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390424
ISBN: 0691055416
Physical description: vii, 227 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index. Contents: History as politics: The History of Frederick the Great by Kugler and Menzel. Liberalism and the Frederician tradition ; The new tasks of historical art ; Menzel's illustrations for Frederick the Great ; Menzel's historicism ; The later history of Frederick the Great -- Fontane's Prussian songs -- The revolution of 1848. The young Rethel ; Menzel's The March casualties lying in state ; Rethel's Another dance of death ; Another dance of death as a social document -- Scheffel and the embourgeoisement of the German middle ages -- Before, during, and after the triumph. From revolution to empire ; The Proclamation of the German empire by Werner ; Fontane's apotheosis of the old Prussia. Subjects: 1789-1900; Arts, German 19th century; History in art; Politics in art; Art and history Germany.
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