LEADER 04429nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910465502203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06494-1 010 $a0-674-06954-4 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674064942 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082511 035 $a(OCoLC)794428004 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10568032 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000693312 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444039 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000693312 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10638201 035 $a(PQKB)11690367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301088 035 $a(DE-B1597)178167 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674064942 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568032 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082511 100 $a20111209d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSolar dance$b[electronic resource] $eVan Gogh, forgery, and the eclipse of certainty /$fModris Eksteins 210 $aCambridge, Massachusetts $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-06567-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.285-320) and index. 327 $tSolar Dance -- $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tTHE ISSUE -- $tPart One. THE PALETTE -- $tVISION -- $tSKY AGLOW -- $tSUN ON SUNS -- $tSPRING -- $tDEALER -- $tAESTHETE -- $tSCRIBBLER -- $tMADAM -- $tSPIRIT -- $tSTORM -- $tPHANTASMS -- $tPart Two. THE PERSPECTIVE -- $tWINDS -- $tFEVER -- $tSODOMIA -- $tSUN CHILD -- $tSHOWTIME -- $tPALACE REVOLUTION -- $tSTORIES -- $tSAILOR BOY -- $tCERTIFIERS -- $tCAVEAT EMPTOR -- $tFAME -- $tSOURCE -- $tALARUM -- $tALEXANDERPLATZ -- $tCOUP -- $tSURREALITY -- $tSENSATION -- $tRAVENS -- $tEVIDENCE -- $tCELA N?EST PAS ... -- $tPart Three. THE PAINTING -- $tPRESENT SENSE -- $tSEANCE -- $tSCRIPTS -- $tSEQUENCE -- $tETCETERA -- $tPLUS ÇA CHANGE ... -- $tAPPRECIATION -- $tEXPERTS -- $tPROOF -- $tSOUL -- $tSUMMATIONS -- $tSENTENCE -- $tAPPEAL -- $tPart Four. THE RESPONSE -- $tSYNONYMS -- $tSYMBOL -- $tSOPHIENSTRASSE -- $tREAPER -- $tNIGHT LIGHT -- $tSTUDIO SANARY -- $tCRIME SCENE -- $tPart Five. THE EFFECT -- $tMENDER -- $tSCHEHEREZADE -- $tWALL -- $tOUR WEIMAR -- $tMANIA -- $tEPILOGUE -- $tNOTES -- $tACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- $tPHOTO CREDITS -- $tINDEX -- $tBackmatter 330 $aIn Modris Eksteins?s hands, the interlocking stories of Vincent van Gogh and art dealer Otto Wacker reveal the origins of the fundamental uncertainty that is the hallmark of the modern era. Through the lens of Wacker?s sensational 1932 trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs, Eksteins offers a unique narrative of Weimar Germany, the rise of Hitler, and the replacement of nineteenth-century certitude with twentieth-century doubt. Berlin after the Great War was a magnet for art and transgression. Among those it attracted was Otto Wacker, a young gay dancer turned art impresario. His sale of thirty-three forged Van Goghs and the ensuing scandal gave Van Gogh?s work unprecedented commercial value. It also called into question a world of defined values and standards that had already begun to erode during the war. Van Gogh emerged posthumously as a hero who rejected organized religion and other suspect sources of authority in favor of art. Self-pitying Germans saw in his biography a series of triumphs?over defeat, poverty, and meaninglessness?that spoke to them directly. Eksteins shows how the collapsing Weimar Republic that made Van Gogh famous and gave Wacker an opportunity for reinvention propelled a third misfit into the spotlight. Taking advantage of the void left by a gutted belief system, Hitler gained power by fashioning myths of mastery. Filled with characters who delight and frighten, Solar Dance merges cultural and political history to show how upheavals of the early twentieth century gave rise to a search for authenticity and purpose. 606 $aAuthenticity (Philosophy) 607 $aGermany$xIntellectual life$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthenticity (Philosophy) 676 $a943.085 700 $aEksteins$b Modris$01042913 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465502203321 996 $aSolar dance$92467544 997 $aUNINA