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The landscapes of tyranny.

Authors :
Kelleher, John
Source :
Times Higher Education Supplement. 10/27/95, Issue 1199, p16. 5/9p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Discusses how dictators Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini used art to symbolize their power. Opening of the exhibition `Art and Power: Europe Under the Dictators' at the Hayward Gallery in London; Cultural affinities between fascism and communism; Nazism's need for an art glorifying a mythologized past to legitimize the present.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00493929
Issue :
1199
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Times Higher Education Supplement
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9511306913