JEWISH-AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE HOLOCAUST by Matthew Baigell ( 9780813524047 )

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Title:

JEWISH-AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE HOLOCAUST

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Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0813524040

ISBN 13:

9780813524047

Publisher:

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 June, 1997

Pages:

180

Description:

Tracing the development of artistic work from the late 1930s to the present, this work looks at Jewish themes in American art. Few artists responded openly to the Holocaust until the 1960s, when it began to act as a galvanizing force and produce more direct imagery.

Synopsis:

Jewish themes in American art were not very visible until the last two decades, although many famous twentieth-century artists and critics were and are Jewish. Few artists responded openly to the Holocaust until the 1960s, when it finally began to act as a galvanizing force, allowing Jewish-American artists to express their Jewish identity in their work. Baigell describes how artists initially deflected their responses by using abstract forms or by invoking biblical and traditional figures and then in more recent decades confronted directly Holocaust imagery and memory. He traces the development of artistic work from the late 1930s to the present in a moving study of a long overlooked topic in the history of American art.

Illustrations:

45 b&w illustrations

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Imprint:

Rutgers University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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