In the Face of Death The Photographic Reevaluation of the Death Mask during the Weimar Republic

Author

Maresa Carney, CUNY Hunter CollegeFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Art & Art History

First Advisor

Thierry de Duve

Second Advisor

Lynda C Klich

Academic Program Adviser

Lynda C Klich

Abstract

During the Weimar Republic three books that shared the morbid subject of death masks, were published in short intervals and immediately enjoyed enormous popularity. The three publications Das Ewige Antlitz , Totenmasken, and Das Letzte Gesicht serve as an underpinning of the cultural and philosophical investigation of death mask photography

Recommended Citation

Carney, Maresa, "In the Face of Death The Photographic Reevaluation of the Death Mask during the Weimar Republic" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/858