Title World War I and the Weimar artists : Dix, Grosz, Beckmann, Schlemmer / Matthias Eberle

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 1985

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Description viii, 134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm Contents Elemental forces and mechanical power -- Otto Dix: fighting for a lost cause (art versus nature) -- George Grosz: the irate dandy (art as weapon in the class struggle) -- Max Beckmann: the tragic king (art as a search for meaning -transcendental objectivity) -- Oskar Schlemmer: Adam transformed into Prometheus by geometry (transcendental anatomy) Summary Elemental forces and mechanical power -- Otto Dix: fighting for a lost cause (art versus nature) -- George Grosz: the irate dandy (art as weapon in the class struggle) -- Max Beckmann: the tragic king (art as a search for meaning -transcendental objectivity) -- Oskar Schlemmer: Adam transformed into Prometheus by geometry (transcendental anatomy) Analysis German paintings, 1914-1933 - Critical studies Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950. Dix, Otto, 1891-1969. Grosz, George, 1893-1959. Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943. Art, German -- 20th century. Art, German. Art, Modern -- 20th century. Artists -- Germany -- Biography. Artists -- Germany -- Psychology. Neue Sachlichkeit (Art) -- Germany. Neue Sachlichkeit (Art) Painting, German -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- Art and the war. World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence. Genre/Form Art. LC no. 85051723 ISBN 0300035578

Other Titles World War 1 and the Weimar artists World War one and the Weimar artists

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