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The aesthetics of loss : German women's art of the First World War /

An examination of German women's art produced during the First World War that places the artists' visual responses within the civilian war experience. The book traces the thematic evolution of women's art from visual expressions of support for the national war effort to more nuanced a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siebrecht, Claudia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Germany > Art and the war.
Women artists > Germany > History > 20th century.
Femmes artistes > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Women artists
Germany
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Art
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:An examination of German women's art produced during the First World War that places the artists' visual responses within the civilian war experience. The book traces the thematic evolution of women's art from visual expressions of support for the national war effort to more nuanced and distraught representations of grief over wartime death.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191744563
0191744565