Screen LibrarySplendor and misery in the Weimar Republic /
"From the glamour of the Golden Twenties to the depths of the dark side of a world undergoing rapid change - the penetrating content of works by more than 60 artists recreates the age of the Weimar Republic, big - city life and the entertainment scene as well as the consequences of the First Wo...
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| Corporate Authors: | ; |
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt ; Hirmer,
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| Publisher Address: | Frankfurt am Main, Germany : M̈unchen, : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
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| Summary: |
"From the glamour of the Golden Twenties to the depths of the dark side of a world undergoing rapid change - the penetrating content of works by more than 60 artists recreates the age of the Weimar Republic, big - city life and the entertainment scene as well as the consequences of the First World War and socially controversial topics such as prostitution, political struggle and social tensions. As the first German democracy, the Weimar Republic (1918 - 1933) is regarded as a time of crisis and transition - from the German Empire to the totalitarian regime of National Socialism. Numerous artists not only portrayed these years in their realistic representations, which are ironical and grotesque as well as critical - analytical; they also aimed to comment on the stat us quo and bring about social change. Works from Otto Dix and George Grosz via Conrad Felixmuller and Christian Schad to Dodo, Jeanne Mammen, Elfriede Lohse - Wachtler, famous artists and others waiting to be rediscovered, paint a multi - layered and political picture of the Weimar Republic." |
| Item Description: | On the occasion of an exhibition held at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, October 27, 2017-February 25, 2018. |
| Carrier Form: | 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290). |
| ISBN: |
9783777429335 3777429333 |
| Index Number: | N6868 |
| CLC: | J151.609 |
| Call Number: | J151.609/S761 |
| Contents: |
Foreword / Landmarks in Politics, Business, and Culture / Splendor and Misery in the Weimar Republic: Pictures of the Uneasiness of an Era / Verism in Otto Dix and George Grosz: Art and Politics in the New Objectivity / Culture of Spectacle: Entertainment in the Weimar Republic / The Splendor and Miseries of Weimar Germany's New Woman / Paragraph 218 and the 'Women's Matter': Notes on a Subject Which is Still Topical Today / Paragraph 175 and Magnus Hirschfeld / A New Start of Utopia?: On Art and Literature in the Weimar Period / 'Her Worries and Rothschild's Money': Women Artists and Their Work for Magazines During the Weimar Republic / Opportunities and Achievements of the Weimar Republic / |