{"product_id":"fate-of-the-animals-on-horses-the-apocalypse-and-painting-as-prophecy-9781639821211","title":"Fate of the Animals: On Horses, the Apocalypse, and Painting as Prophecy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1913, Franz Marc, one of the key figures of German Expressionism, created a masterpiece: \u003cem\u003eThe Fate of the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. With its violent slashes of color and line, the painting seemed to pre-figure both the outbreak of World War I and, more eerily, Marc's own death in an artillery barrage at the Battle of Verdun three years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his signature blend of wide-ranging erudition and lively, accessible prose, Morgan Meis explores Marc's painting in depth, guided in part by a series of letters Marc wrote to his wife Maria while he was a soldier in the war. In those letters, Marc explores the nature of art, the fate of European civilization, and the inner spiritual nature of all life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Meis brings in other artists such as D.H. Lawrence, Edgar Degas, and Paul Klee to flesh out his argument. \u003cem\u003eThe Fate of the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e also explores the darker undercurrents of German apocalyptic thinking in Marc's time, especially Norse mythology and the ancient Vedic texts as they influenced Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fate of the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e is the second volume of Meis's \u003cem\u003eThree Paintings Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, the first volume of which, \u003cem\u003eThe Drunken Silenus\u003c\/em\u003e, examined a painting by Rubens. The third volume (forthcoming) will consider a painting by Joan Mitchell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Slant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639821211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Morgan Meis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370601353397,"sku":"9781639821211","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_773d1e9c-3a9e-4dae-b148-f64de9b757ce.jpg?v=1663040811","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fate-of-the-animals-on-horses-the-apocalypse-and-painting-as-prophecy-9781639821211","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}