Books by Peter (Princeton University Paret

Portrays the group of artists in pre-World War I Germany who supported the tenets of modern art against the disapproval of the government academy and Emperor William II.

The conflict between National Socialism and Ernst Barlach is an unusual episode in the history of Hitler's efforts to rid Germany of 'international modernism'. Peter Paret's fine study of an artist in a time of crisis seamlessly combines the history of modern Germany and of modern art.

Peter Paret traces the reception of modern art, from the 1840s to the 1940s, through the lens of social and political developments in Germany. Addressing broad cultural topics, it opens different perspectives on the history of German art in a critically important, and ultimately tragic period of German history.