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After Auschwitz
The senseless horror of the Holocaust continues to send shockwaves through history. Few would question its profound influence on post-war philosophy, morality, theological and political thinking. Yet the impact of the Holocaust on the Fine Arts, and in particular on contemporary art, has still not received the attention it deserves. This new publication accompanies a pioneering touring exhibition. It comprises a series of illustrated essays by leading experts, addressing: the art produced by victims of the Holocaust during the Holocaust; the influence of the Holocaust on artists who were not camp inmates, working during the war and in the post-war period; Holocaust memorials and their signif...
Without Surrender
"Uncovered in various ghettos, concentration camps, and other hiding places, this very special art speaks of the drama, dignity, and courage of the victims." --cover page [4].
Art of the Holocaust
A Layla Productions book.
Witness & Legacy
Witness & Legacy is an examination of Holocaust-related art produced by American artists. with a variety of mediums--painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, needlpoint, and multimedia--this impressive collection of artwork attempts to relate the multitude of emotions that the Holocaust inspired. with incredibly vivid and clear reproductions of each piece of art, readers will be drawn to the stunning, powerful, and often disturbing pieces that are beautifully presenting in this touching account.
After Auschwitz
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Legacies of Silence
Accompanying an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London, from 5 April to 27 August 2001, this volume examines the contribution of artist-witnesses, victims and survivors of the Holocaust to post-war culture and the visual arts.
Caught by History
In the face of strong moral and aesthetic pressure to deal with the Holocaust in strictly historical and documentary modes, this book discusses why and how reenactment of the Holocaust in art and imaginative literature can be successful in simultaneously presenting, analyzing, and working through this apocalyptic moment in human history. In pursuing his argument, the author explores such diverse materials and themes as: the testimonies of Holocaust survivors; the works of such artists and writers as Charlotte Salomon, Christian Boltanski, and Armando; and the question of what it means to live in a house built by a jew who was later transported to the death camps. He shows that reenactment, a...
Art, Music, and Writings from the Holocaust
Looks at the art, music, and literature created during the Holocaust.
Art, Music, and Education as Strategies for Survival
"Theresienstadt was the Jewish ghetto (1941-45) created by the Nazis within the walled garrison town of Terezín, Czech Republic, to which many of Europe's Jewish cultural elite were deported, and where their artistic activities were allowed flourish despite the ghetto's hidden purpose as a prison and conduit to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other Nazi concentration camps. Considered as a whole, the art of the Teresienstadt ghetto forms one of the most complex - and most neglected - bodies of work of the past century." -- Book cover.
