Kunst ALS Botschafter Einer Kuenstlichen Nation: Studien Zur Rolle Der Bildenden Kunst in Der Auswartigen Kulturpolitik Der Ddr

"Art as an ambassador of an artificial nation" is the translated title of this study of the role art played in the foreign politics of the German Democratic Republic. It focuses on questions such as: How did the GDR attempt make the success and prestige of its artists reflect on its political system? Was the art of the 1970s and 1980s a more efficient instrument of propaganda than the crude rhetoric of the Cold War era? What was the reception of GDR art in western countries? German text.