This week I've been mainly reading, no. 209.
It you like a deep art history dive into a single painting then you'll enjoy Peter Springer's Hand & Head: Ernst Ludwig Kirchners’ Self-Portrait as Soldier (2002). Using a discussion of this self-portrait to examine Kirchner's political & aesthetic commitments, Springer offers a wide contextualisation & as a result a fascinating depiction of Kirchner as an (expressionist) artist. Well illustrated & concise, its a great read.
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It you like a deep art history dive into a single painting then you'll enjoy Peter Springer's Hand & Head: Ernst Ludwig Kirchners’ Self-Portrait as Soldier (2002). Using a discussion of this self-portrait to examine Kirchner's political & aesthetic commitments, Springer offers a wide contextualisation & as a result a fascinating depiction of Kirchner as an (expressionist) artist. Well illustrated & concise, its a great read.
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