{"product_id":"behind-the-angel-of-history-annie-bourneuf-9780226816708","title":"Behind the Angel of History: The Angelus Novus and Its Interleaf","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of artist R. H. Quaytman's discovery of an engraving hidden behind a famous artwork by Paul Klee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book begins with artist R. H. Quaytman uncovering something startling about a picture by Paul Klee. Pasted beneath Klee's 1920 \u003ci\u003eAngelus Novus\u003c\/i\u003e--famous for its role in the writings of its first owner, Walter Benjamin--Quaytman found that Klee had interleaved a nineteenth-century engraving of Martin Luther, leaving just enough visible to provoke questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Angel of History\u003c\/i\u003e reveals why this hidden face matters, delving into the intertwined artistic, political, and theological issues consuming Germany in the wake of the Great War. With the\u003ci\u003e Angelus Novus\u003c\/i\u003e, Klee responded to a growing call for a new religious art. For Benjamin, Klee's \u003ci\u003eAngelus\u003c\/i\u003e became bound up with the prospect of meaningful dialogue among religions in Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reflecting on Klee's, Benjamin's, and Quaytman's strategies of superimposing conflicting images, Annie Bourneuf reveals new dimensions of complexity in this iconic work and the writing it inspired. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Bourneuf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226816702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226816708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Annie Bourneuf","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056658510079,"sku":"9780226816708","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fba4af8e-bd7b-4f3b-a67b-99bc8c2adf35.jpg?v=1685042547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behind-the-angel-of-history-annie-bourneuf-9780226816708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}