This book explores the place of art and artists under a number of different political regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, traveling around the world to consider how art and politics have interacted and influenced each other in different conditions.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Positive and negative integration : the First World War in France and Germany -- Between nationalism and communism : Diego Rivera and Mexican muralism -- National and degenerate art : the Third Reich -- Internal and external enemies : the Cold War -- From Maoism to capitalist communism : the People's Republic of China -- The in-between space : Kara Walker's shadow murals -- A heavy heritage : monuments in the former Soviet Bloc -- Conclusion.
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