The text traces the reception of modern art, from the 1840s through the Nazi era, through social and political developments in Germany. It looks at topics, such... » 

The text traces the reception of modern art, from the 1840s through the Nazi era, through social and political developments in Germany. It looks at topics, such as the history of Expressionism, the role of anti-Semitism in German reactions to modernism and the impact of World War I on the arts. «