German and United States Second World War Military Cemeteries in Italy: Cultural Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783034335164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 390 str.

Birgit Urmson

Opis

US and German military cemeteries in Italy differ in style and message. Analysis, interpretation, and research reveal each nation's ideological character at the time of their design, and point to US becoming politically conservative and conformist, while (West) Germany sought new values.

Spis treści

I. US Organizing for Remembrance

II. Germany Organizing for Remembrance

III. Anzio/Nettuno: Space of Triumph

IV. Paul Manship: The Best of American Art?

V. Postlude: Eric Gugler's Monumental Dreams

VI. Impruneta. An Example of American Modern Classicism

VII. Impruneta's Patriotic Embellishment: Message & Beauty.

VIII. Sic Transit Gloria

IX. Robert Tischler's Hegemony in Italy: Continuity and Change.

X. Cassino/Caira. Between Tradition and Innovation.

XI. The Futa Pass: A New Form makes an Appropriate Statement.

XII. The Futa Pass: An Exoneration of Weimar Republic's "Aberrant Art?"

O autorze

German/American art historian Birgit Urmson studied art-history in Munich, Paris, Vienna and at U.C. Berkeley, CA. She holds a MA in environmental design, a MA in art-history from U.C. Berkeley, and a PhD in American Cultural History from the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She authored the novel "Germaine" and pursues classical singing. She has a large family and lives in Oakland, CA and in Tuscany.