Art of Germany Season 1 In the Shadow of Hitler 2010
Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his exploration of German art by investigating the dark and difficult times of the 20th century. Dominating the landscape is the figure of Adolf Hitler - failed artist, would-be architect and obsessed with the aesthetics of his 1,000-year Reich. In a series of extraordinary building projects and exhibitions, Hitler waged a propaganda war against every kind of modern art as a prelude to unleashing total war on the whole of Europe. After the war the shadow of the Third Reich persisted, Germany remained divided and traumatised. How would artists deal with a past that everybody wanted to forget? From the work of Otto Dix and George Grosz and the age of the Bauhaus to the post-war painters Georg Baselitz, Hilla Becher and the conceptual artist Joseph Beuys is a long strange journey, but the signs are there that art has a place at the heart of the new reunited Germany.
- Released: 2010-12-13
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Andrew Graham-Dixon
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1. A Divided Land 2010-11-29
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2. Dream and Machine 2010-12-06
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3. In the Shadow of Hitler 2010-12-13
