{"product_id":"behind-the-angel-of-history-by-annie-bourneuf-9780226816708","title":"Behind the Angel of History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of artist R. H. Quaytman’s discovery of an engraving hidden behind a famous artwork by Paul Klee.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003eAngelus 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462637469932,"sku":"9780226816708","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226816708-behind-the-angel-of-history.jpg?v=1775019326","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/behind-the-angel-of-history-by-annie-bourneuf-9780226816708","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}