At Memory''s Edge - After-Images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture

Informationen zum Autor James E. Young! professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst! is also the author of The Texture of Memory (0 300 05991 4! pb. [pound]18.95*)! published by Yale University Press! which won the National Jewish Book Award. Klappentext Examining the works of a number of vanguard artists! including Art Spiegelman! Shimon Attie! and Rachel Whiteread! "At Memory's Edge" is the first book in any language to chronicle Holocaust projects and to show how the event is being remembered in the after-images of its history. 103 illustrations! 47 in color. Zusammenfassung How should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James E. Young, James Edward Young, JamesE Young, YOUNG JAMES E, Young James E.
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.02.2002
• EAN: 9780300094138
• ISBN: 978-0-300-09413-8
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), History of Art, Second World War, The Holocaust, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Art treatments & subjects, c 1940 to c 1949, The Arts: treatments and subjects, Memorials, monuments, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater