| Description |
320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Diary : memories of Weimar / Eric Hobsbawm -- The mad square : modernity in German art 1910-37 / Jacqueline Strecker -- German expressionism : apocalypse, war and revolution / Jill Lloyd -- Dada in Germany : "the disfiguration of the contemporary world" / Brigid Doherty -- Bauhaus objects, Bauhaus visions / Karen Koehler -- Constructivism and the machine aesthetic / Petra Kayser -- Metropolis : the brilliant and sinister art of the 1920s / Maggie Finch -- German realist portraits of the 1920s / Matthias Eberle -- In the twilight of power : the contradictions of art politics in National Socialist Germany / Uwe Fleckner |
| Summary |
"The mad square: modernity in German art 1910-37 explores three decades of German modernism, leading up to and following the turbulent Weimar Republic. From the 1910s until the late 1930s, Berlin and other German cities were vibrant centres of creativity and innovation from which avant-garde art movements blossomed: Expressionism, Dada, Constructivism, Bauhas and New Objectivity. The movements were linked by artists' shared interest in radical exprerimentation across all areas of the visual arts including painting, sculpture, graphic art, photography, film and the decorative arts. Over 200 works by leading artists of the period--including Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Hannah Hoch, Karl Hubbuch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kathe Kollwitz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, August Sander, Christian Schad, Rudolf Schlichter and Kurt Schwitters--reveal the fascinating and complex ways in which artists responded to the forces of modernity and their passionate engagement with contemporary society, culture and politics."--Publisher description |
| Notes |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August - 6 November 2011 and the National Gallery of Victoria, 25 November 2011 - 4 March 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 6 August-6 November 2011 and the National Gallery of Victoria, 25 November 2011-4 March 2012 |
| Subject |
Art Gallery of New South Wales -- Exhibitions.
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National Gallery of Victoria -- Exhibitions.
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Art -- Political aspects -- Germany -- Exhibitions.
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Art -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History.
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Art, German -- Exhibitions.
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Art, German -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, German -- 20th century.
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Modernism (Art) -- Germany -- Exhibitions.
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Modernism (Art) -- Germany.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Strecker, Jacqueline.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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National Gallery of Victoria.
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| LC no. |
2016462752 |
| ISBN |
1741740681 |
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3791346768 |
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9781741740684 |
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9783791346762 |
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