Solar Dance
Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Criticism, Art History, History, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Modris Eksteins | ISBN: | 9780674069541 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | May 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Modris Eksteins |
| ISBN: | 9780674069541 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Art dealer Otto Wacker’s 1932 sensational trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs leads Eksteins to a unique narrative of a collapsing Weimar Germany, the rise of another misfit, Adolf Hitler, and the replacement of nineteenth-century certitude with twentieth-century doubt.
Art dealer Otto Wacker’s 1932 sensational trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs leads Eksteins to a unique narrative of a collapsing Weimar Germany, the rise of another misfit, Adolf Hitler, and the replacement of nineteenth-century certitude with twentieth-century doubt.
