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Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 / Françoise Meltzer.

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"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 pr...

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Main Author: Meltzer, Françoise (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The 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.
World War (1939-1945)
Civilians in war.
Destruction and pillage.
Ethics.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Photography.
Psychological aspects.
Ruins, Modern.
Germany.
Art.
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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."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xv, 240 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226625638
022662563X

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