Gregor Langfeld argues that National Socialism played a crucial role in the canonization of movements such as Expressionism and the Bauhaus and offers important new insights into the political and ideological motivations behind the New York art world's fluctuations in opinion, fashion, and price.
Gregor Langfeld is Assistant Professor History of Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam
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"Offers a useful analysis of a key aspect of modern German art heretofore unexplored in the literature. Langfeld clearly outlines the scope of his inquiry, and his approach is well organized and well documented with primary material. Recommended." -- Choice
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Introduction, Harvard University From the First Exhibitions of German Art to the First World War, Promoting German Art in the 1920s: The International versus the National Position, Promoting German Art around 1930: The National Position, The Influence of National Socialism on Canonization, The Affirmation of the Canon, Conclusions