| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 236 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
List of Figures List of Plates Preface Acknowledgements Glossary and Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Reconstruction, Art and Ornament (1945 to 1963) 1. Modernism, Realism and Muralism ? the Struggle for Art in Post-fascist Germany 2. The Synthesis of Art and Architecture During the Transition to Industrialized Building Part Two: Developing a Realist Modernism (1959 to 1973) 3. Reconceptualizing the Place of Art in the System-built Environment 4. New Socialist Landscapes and the Building of Halle-Neustadt 5. Innovations in Socialist Public Art in Halle-Neustadt -- PART III: From the Monumental to the Unreal (1973?1990) 6. A Space of Pure Possibility: The X. Weltfestspiele and its Impact on Public Art 7. 'Ultimately, Ordinary People Want to Have a Bit of Kitsch': How Socialist Realism Looked Unreal Conclusion Select Bibliography List of Interviewees Index |
| Summary |
"This history of the former German Democratic Republic's public murals reveals a barely known but visually and theoretically rich cultural legacy. This book traces the formal, functional and theoretical changes of the visual arts in the GDR's urban spaces. It shows how art, craft, design and architecture made up the terrain of a sustained struggle between practitioners and political leaders"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Royal College of Art, 2014, under the title: Visual arts in the urban environment in the German Democratic Republic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2021) |
| Subject |
Public art -- Germany (East)
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Socialism and art -- Germany (East)
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Art and society -- Germany (East)
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Architecture and society -- Germany (East)
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History of art & design styles: from c 1900.
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Design -- Graphic Arts -- General.
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History -- Europe -- Germany.
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Architecture and society
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Art and society
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Public art
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Socialism and art
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Germany (East)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020036366 |
| ISBN |
9781350067172 |
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1350067172 |
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9781350067165 |
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1350067164 |
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9781350067158 |
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1350067156 |
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