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Nazi art looting has been the subject of enormous international attention in recent years, and the topic of two history bestsellers, Hector Feliciano's The Lost Museum and Lynn Nicholas's The Rape of Europa. But such books leave us wondering: What made thoughtful, educated, artistic men and women decide to putâŠ
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The Faustian Bargain is all about the art world inside Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Petropoulos chronicles the artists, art dealers, art professors, art journalists, and many others who were forced to live under Hitlerâs cultural rules, which forbade modernist art of any kind. Some profited from this arrangement, others subtly fought against it. This is an inside look at a culture choked and suppressed by its own leadership.
From Lauren's list on The best books about art and culture during World War II.
Painstakingly researched and written with a novelistâs eye for telling details and colorful personalities, Petropoulosâs book is an early (2000), ambitious attempt to bring to life the most influential and, because of their collaboration with the Hitler regime, controversial figures in German art under National Socialismâthe directors of museums, art dealers, art journalists, art historians, and artists.Â
From Gregory's list on The best books on art and aesthetics in Nazi Germany.
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