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The gallery of miracles and madness : insanity, modernism, and Hitler's war on art

text The gallery of miracles and madness : insanity, modernism, and Hitler's war on art

Summary
"This is a tragedy that begins in the halls of psychiatry and modern art and ends in the Nazis' first gas chambers. In the early 1920s, Hans Prinzhorn, a psychiatrist and aesthete, sought insight from the art of mental patients such as Franz Buhle... Read more
Contents
The man who jumped in the canal -- A revolutionary for eternal things -- A meeting at Emmendingen -- Dangerous to look at! -- Our sick and troubled times -- Adventures in no-man's land -- Pleasant little pictures -- Dinner with the Bruckmanns -- G... Read more
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304 pages : illustrations, some color ; 24 cm
Publisher
Random House 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 700.943 ENG in Adult Non-fiction Available

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