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John Heartfield : laughter is a devastating weapon : his original photomontages and printed matter from the Akademie der Künste Berlin and the David King Collection at Tate Modern

Title: John Heartfield : laughter is a devastating weapon : his original photomontages and printed matter from the Akademie der Künste Berlin and the David King Collection at Tate Modern / David King and Ernst Volland.
Author: Heartfield, John, 1891-1968
Publication: London : Tate Publishing, 2015.

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Description

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

"Born in Berlin in 1891, John Heartfield, along with George Grosz, is widely considered to have invented photomontage, a technique of cutting up and manipulating photographs. During the 1930s Heartfield produced some of the most visually arresting and politically hard-hitting artwork of the twentieth century, appropriating the widely circulated propaganda of the time to create a biting critique of contemporary politics. This lavishly illustrated, large-format survey of his work, the most authoritative yet published, draws on the superlative collections of the Academie der Kunst, Berlin, and the David King collection at Tate Modern. Including more than 150 full-colour reproductions of Heartfield's powerful work, both in its original and printed forms, as well as documentary photographs and recollections from Heartfield's surviving family members, the book features a lively introduction by David King, as well as illuminating short texts on many of the works. Heartfield's astonishing visual broadsides, aimed at the abuse and misuse of power, and part of his lifelong wish to create a fairer and more peaceful world, are every bit as relevant and cutting-edge today as when they were first published." -- Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Laughter is a devastating weapon

Subjects

Genre/Form

Caricatures and cartoons.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 175).

Call Number

MFX+ (Heartfield) 16-53

ISBN

9781849761840
1849761841

OCLC

919109640

Author

Heartfield, John, 1891-1968, artist.

Title

John Heartfield : laughter is a devastating weapon : his original photomontages and printed matter from the Akademie der Künste Berlin and the David King Collection at Tate Modern / David King and Ernst Volland.

Publisher

London : Tate Publishing, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 175).

Added Author

Heartfield, John, 1891-1968. Works. Selections.

King, David, 1943- author.

Volland, Ernst, author.

Akademie der Künste (Berlin, Germany)

Tate Modern (Gallery)

Research Call Number

MFX+ (Heartfield) 16-53

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