“As good as apple pie? Post-unification Germany and the reception of public art from the former German Democratic Republic.”

Jenkins, Jessica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2295-5871 (2019) “As good as apple pie? Post-unification Germany and the reception of public art from the former German Democratic Republic.”. In: Design, History and Time. New Temporalities in a Digital Age. Bloomsbury Visual Arts . Bloomsbury, London, pp. 51-63. ISBN 9781350060654

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Abstract / Summary

The post 1990 reception of East German public art reveals a need for an official projection of public "consensus" about the communist past. This piece demonstrates how public art has been instrumentalised in this process.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	GDR, East Germany, Public Art, Heritage, National Identity, Consensus, Kunst am Bau, Architekturbezogene Kunst, German Democratic Republic, Willi Neubert, Walter Womacka, Max Lingner, Lothar Rentsch
ISBN:	9781350060654
Subjects:	Arts > Architecture Arts > Decorative Art Arts > Historical History > International Arts > Landscape & Area Planning Arts > Fine Art Arts > Sculpture Arts > Symbolism, allegory, myth & legend
Courses by Department:	The School of Communication > Graphic Design
Depositing User:	Jessica Jenkins
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2019 12:39
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2022 16:26
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/3386

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