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Fire on the earth : Anselm Kiefer and the postmodern world / John C. Gilmour

This philosophical study examines the work of German painter Anselm Kiefer within the context of postmodernism and the rejection of Enlightenment ideals. It analyses themes of representation, history, and cosmology across forty-four illustrated works.

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