Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810107619 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A beautiful heart wiredweird Kaethe Kollwitz created some of the most moving drawings and lithos I have ever seen. Many are dark and sorrowful. Even so, many have an indestructible kernel of hope in them kept alive through sheer personal will.Now that I've read these extracts from her diaries and correspondence, I can understand better the woman who made that art. Above all, she was a woman founded on her emotions. I don't means twittering sentimentality. I me. Cole said I really enjoyed this book. I'm an artist that has admired Kathe for years. It was exciting to get to get to read the experiences and innermost thoughts that made her the person she was. Also, being in diary/letter form, this book is an easy read for when you have limited time I've read this at my day job during my lunch period and breaks there's always a good place to stop and pick up again.. Great Book thundra Great book, wonderful insight into the thoughts of this amazing artist. I used it for research for a paper but read the whole thing anyway.
Recommended for collections emphasizing art history and women's studies. A victim of Hitler's censorship, Kollwitz speaks of the need to combine the politics of humanity and art. Lucy Breslin, Portland, Me.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From Library Journal Kollwitz's art is well known, but little has been written on her life. This publication introduces the private person through diary entries revealing the struggles of a woman who was master and servant of her art, who probed her roles as wife and mother, and who sought joy in a life that took her son in World War I and her grandson in World War II. Her letters are more light-hearted and punctuated with hope and happy memories
But her diary, kept from 1900 to her death in 1945, and her brief essays and letters express, as well as explain, much of the spirit, wisdom, and internal struggle which was eventually transmuted into her art.. One of the great German Expressionist artists, Kaethe Kollwitz wrote little of herself