Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 /

This book draws on literature, painting and a never-before-seen cache of photographs to explore the representation of catastrophe and the targeting of civilians in war. Focusing on images of Nazi Germany's bombed-out cities, the author connects the fraught aesthetics of ruins with the problem o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meltzer, Françoise (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Germany. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Aerial operations, Allied. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Influence. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Photography. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Art and the war. Ruins, Modern > Germany. Ruins in art. Civilians in war > Germany. World War, 1939-1945 > Moral and ethical aspects.

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Summary:	This book draws on literature, painting and a never-before-seen cache of photographs to explore the representation of catastrophe and the targeting of civilians in war. Focusing on images of Nazi Germany's bombed-out cities, the author connects the fraught aesthetics of ruins with the problem of how to acknowledge German suffering.
Physical Description:	xv, 240 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780226625638 022662563X