Abstraction and the Holocaust

Abstraction and the Holocaust
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 030012676X
ISBN-13 : 9780300126761
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Book Synopsis Abstraction and the Holocaust by : Mark Godfrey

Download or read book Abstraction and the Holocaust written by Mark Godfrey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Godfrey looks closely at a series of American art and architectural projects that respond to the memory of the Holocaust. He investigates how abstract artists and architects have negotiated Holocaust memory without representing the Holocaust figuratively or symbolically.


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