Berlin in the 1920s (Basic Art Series 2.0)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836550504 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Rainer Metzger studied art history, history, and German studies in Munich and Augsburg. He worked as a fine arts journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der Standard and has written numerous books on art, including volumes on Van Gogh and Chagall.
Between the paroxysms of two world wars, Berlin in the 1920s was a carpe diem cultural heyday, replete with groundbreaking art, invention, and thought.This book immerses readers in the freewheeling spirit of Berlin’s Weimar age. Through exemplary works in painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic design, photography, and film, we uncover the innovations, ideas, and precious dreams that characterized this unique cultural window. Along the way, we explore both the utopian yearnings and the more ominous economic and political realities which fueled the era’s escapist, idealistic, or reactionary masterworks. Behind the bright lights and glitter dresses, we see the inflation, factory labor, and fragile political consensus that lurked beneath this golden era and
. He worked as a fine arts journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der Standard and has written numerous books on art, including volumes on Van Gogh and Chagall. Rainer Metzger studied art history, history, and German studies in Munich and Augsburg