Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. by Spotts, Frederic - 2003.

Woodstock & New York: Overlook Hardcover, 2003. First Edition 1/4 cloth AS NEW in AS NEW DJ 8vo (7-1/4 x 9-1/4), 456 pp including Index, Source Notes, and a list of Books Cited in Text. Book is FINE -- Unmarked, Unread, and AS NEW in Unclipped AS NEW pictorial DJ. (h) He considered himself an artist, and, like many other dictators (Stalin, etc) insisted that art be "pure" and in his aesthetic range, all other being "decadent." But even more than that, he saw the Third Reich as a state that would express itself in both art and sports. He was building a new culture and a new aesthetic. His intentions toward art were as strong as his obsessive racism. A brilliant book.