Research Catalog

Title

Du bist Faust : Goethes Drama in der Kunst / herausgegeben von Roger Diederen und Thorsten Valk ; in Zusammenarbeit mit Sophie Borges und Nerina Santorius.

Publication

• München : Prestel, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Diederen, Roger
• Valk, Thorsten
• Borges, Sophie
• Santorius, Nerina
• Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Munich, Germany). Kunsthalle, host institution.

Description

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits; 30 cm

Summary

Since its publication in the early 19th century, the world's most celebrated work in German literature has fascinated countless artists, challenging them to create their own interpretations on the theme. The exhibition presents over 150 paintings, works on paper, sculptures, photographs, music and films by artists from Europe and the US, like Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Max Beckmann (1884-1950), Martin Scorsese (born in 1942), Anselm Kiefer (born in 1945) and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). The innovatively staged show takes visitors on a journey through the play's narrative as they accompany Faust on his relentless quest for the meaning and purpose of modern life. The exhibition follows the plot of the drama, which is brought to life in outstanding artworks. In the process, Goethe's protagonists expose society's weaknesses, as topics like the cult of youth, egotism, manipulation, corruptibility and an insatiable need for gratification also dominate everyday life. The exhibition confronts the audience with the drama's as yet unanswered issues; after all, Faust still resonates today. Exhibition: Kunsthalle München, Germany (23.02.-29.07.2018).

Alternative Title

Goethes Drama in der Kunst

Subjects

• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Faust > In art > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Art
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Faust > Influence > Exhibitions
• Faust (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition at Kunsthalle München from Febraury 23-July 29, 2018.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298) and index.

Call Number

ReCAP 18-16574

ISBN

• 9783791357188
• 3791357182

OCLC

1016838566

Title

Du bist Faust : Goethes Drama in der Kunst / herausgegeben von Roger Diederen und Thorsten Valk ; in Zusammenarbeit mit Sophie Borges und Nerina Santorius.

Publisher

München : Prestel, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298) and index.

Added Author

Diederen, Roger, editor.

Valk, Thorsten, editor.

Borges, Sophie, contributor.

Santorius, Nerina, contributor.

Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Munich, Germany). Kunsthalle, host institution.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 18-16574