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John Heartfield and the agitated image : photography, persuasion, and the rise of avant-garde photomontage /
Working in Germany between the two world wars, John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld, 1891-1968) developed an innovative method of appropriating and reusing photographs to powerful political effect. As a pioneer of modern photomontage, he sliced up mass media photos with his iconic scissors and then...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Working in Germany between the two world wars, John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld, 1891-1968) developed an innovative method of appropriating and reusing photographs to powerful political effect. As a pioneer of modern photomontage, he sliced up mass media photos with his iconic scissors and then reassembled the fragments into compositions that utterly transformed the meaning of the originals. In John Heartfield and the Agitated Image, Andrés Mario Zervigón explores this crucial period in the life and work of a brilliant, radical artist whose desire to disclose the truth obscure. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226981789 0226981789 |
| Acceso: | Unlimited Users and Download Restrictions may Apply, VLEbooks Unlimited User Licence. Available using University of Exeter Username and Password. |