The gallery of miracles and madness : insanity, art and Hitler's first mass-murder programme
English, Charlie2021
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In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn gathered a remarkable collection of works by schizophrenic patients that would astonish and delight the world. The Prinzhorn collection, as it was called, inspired a new generation of artists, including Paul Klee, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali. What the doctor could not have known, however, was that these works would later be used to prepare the ground for mass-murder. 'The Gallery of Miracles and Madness' details the little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill.
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Author:
English, Charlie, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2021.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008299620 (hbk)
Dewey class:
701.15
LC class:
N71.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
2887447