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Visual Sources in the History of Sports: Potential, Problems, and Perspectives with Selected Examples of Sporting Art
Bildquellen in der Sportgeschichte: Möglichkeiten, Probleme und Perspektiven der Interpretation anhand ausgewählter Beispiele der bildenden Kunst
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Abstract The paper considers the relevance and use of a specific sort of visual source in sport history referred to as sporting art. After some theoretical reflections on sport, sporting actions, and their perception and conversion by the media, the term sporting art is explained and discussed. Following, se... view more
The paper considers the relevance and use of a specific sort of visual source in sport history referred to as sporting art. After some theoretical reflections on sport, sporting actions, and their perception and conversion by the media, the term sporting art is explained and discussed. Following, selected examples are described, analyzed historically, interpreted and contextualized in detail. The focus is on examples of sporting art in Germany and the former German Democratic Republic.... view less
Keywords
cultural history; sports; German Democratic Republic (GDR); art history; visualization; Germany; German Reich
Classification
History
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
visual sources; sporting art
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 72-92
Journal
Historical Social Research, 43 (2018) 2
Issue topic
Visualities - Sports, Bodies, and Visual Sources
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.2.72-92
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed