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...
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Chicago ; London
University of Chicago Press
2013, ©2013
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Photograph and the Punch: 1891-1914; 2. Postcards to the Front and the Road toward Photomontage: 1915-1916; 3. Heartfield the Performance: 1914-1917; 4. "A Political Struwwelpeter?" John Heartfield's Early Film Animation and the Wartime Crisis of Photographic Representation: 1917-1918; 5. A Spectacular Reflection: Heartfield's Return to Photomontage and Berlin's Postwar Dada Movement: 1918-1920; 6. From the Shop Window to the Book Cover: 1920-1929; Epilogue: The Artist of German Communism: 1926-1933; Notes; Bibliography; Index