Visual Sources in the History of Sports: Potential, Problems, and Perspectives with Selected Examples of Sporting Art

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, 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

Object Details

• Alternative title: Bildquellen in der Sportgeschichte: Möglichkeiten, Probleme und Perspektiven der Interpretation anhand ausgewählter Beispiele der bildenden Kunst
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Visual Sources in the History of Sports: Potential, Problems, and Perspectives with Selected Examples of Sporting Art ; volume:43 ; number:2 ; year:2018 ; pages:72-92 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 43, Heft 2 (2018), 72-92

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Nachrichtenmedien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen ; Geschichte

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Krüger, Michael

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.43.2018.2.72-92
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57681-6
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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