“All great artists are courageous. Some political artist are heroes. Heartfield rose to number-five on the Gestapo\u2019s Most Wanted List for his art as a weapon against The Third Reich.” \u2014 from www.johnheartfield.com<\/p>\n
John Heartfield (1891-1968) is best known for his scathingly satirical anti-fascist photomontages, published from 1930 to 1938 in the magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung<\/em> (later called Volks Illustrierte<\/em>). This book is the first comprehensive catalog of and definitive guide to all 237 of these collage works, compiled by historian David Evans in close collaboration with Heartfield’s widow “Tutti” and the Heartfield Archive in Berlin.<\/p>\n Heartfield mastery of both dada technique and devastating political cartooning is in the spotlight here. Each image reproduced here is accompanied by not just a translation of its text into English but notes explaining cultural references and specific historical circumstances behind the commentary\u2014vital, as lack of context over time blunts the effect of even the most effective political art. (For instance, a speech by G\u00f6ring advocating “guns over butter” inspired a few of Heartfield’s images, such as a family gorging themselves on tools, bolts, and bike chains, watched over by a portrait of the F\u00fchrer.)<\/p>\n Hardcover; 524 pp, 247 color plates (mostly sepiatone images per the originals). 1992 Kent Fine Art, Inc.; ISBN 1-878607-28-6<\/p>\n VF in dust jacket (4″ curved crease on back of dust jacket). [13.4]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “All great artists are courageous. Some political artist are heroes. Heartfield rose to number-five on the Gestapo\u2019s Most Wanted List for his art as a weapon against The Third Reich.” \u2014 from www.johnheartfield.com John Heartfield (1891-1968) is best known for his scathingly satirical anti-fascist photomontages, published from 1930 to 1938 in the magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81405,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[50,7,54],"product_tag":[1287,1159,424,996,1085],"class_list":["post-81403","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art-history-theory","product_cat-arts-culture","product_cat-modernism-contemporary","product_tag-anti-fascist","product_tag-anti-war","product_tag-collage","product_tag-dadaism","product_tag-photomontage","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/81403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=81403"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=81403"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=81403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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