| Description |
vii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
I. Style Versus Fashion: The Werkbund and the Discourse on Culture in Germany. 1. Culture. 2. Style. 3. Fashion. 4. Commodity, Culture, Alienation. 5. The Dialectic of the Commodity -- II. The Spiritualized Economy and the Development of "Types" 1. Political Economy. 2. Exchange and Dystopia. 3. Production and Visual Form. 4. Production and Economic Form. 5. The Type -- III. Magical Signs: Copyright, Trademarks and "Individuality" 1. Cologne 1914 and the Response of the Individualists. 2. Individuality. 3. Exchange and Utopia. 4. Commodity Signs |
| Summary |
During the period before World War I, the German Werkbund was at the center of attempts to forge new theories of architecture and design in light of the momentous technological and economic developments of modernity. In this fascinating book, Frederic J. Schwartz explores the ideological and aesthetic positions at the core of debates that embroiled the prominent architects, critics, sociologists, economists, and politicians who had united in the Werkbund during this pivotal era |
| Analysis |
Deutscher Werkbund |
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Architecture |
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Art and industry |
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Art and society |
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Decorative arts |
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Design, Industrial |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p249-262. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-258) and index |
| Subject |
Deutscher Werkbund.
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Architecture -- Germany -- History.
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Art and industry -- Germany.
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Decorative arts -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
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Art and society -- Germany.
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Decorative arts -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Decorative arts -- Germany.
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| LC no. |
96014708 60014708 |
| ISBN |
0300068980 |
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