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Splendor and misery in the Weimar Republic

Title
Splendor and misery in the Weimar Republic / edited by Ingrid Pfeiffer ; translation, Jane Michael.
Publication
  • Frankfurt : Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt ; Munich : Hirmer Verlag GmbH, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Pfeiffer, Ingrid
  • Michael, Jane
  • Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
Description
300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
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 status 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."
Uniform Title
Glanz und Elend in der Weimarer Republik. English.
Subject
  • 1900 - 1999
  • Painting, German > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Art, German > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Art, German
  • Germany > History > 1918-1933 > In art
  • Germany
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Art.
  • History.
Note
  • "This catalog is published in conjunction with the exhibition Splendor and misery in the Weimar Republic, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, October 27, 2017-February 25, 2018"-- Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290).
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German.
ISBN
  • 9783777429335
  • 3777429333
  • 9783777429328 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
9783777429335
OCLC
  • on1027672568
  • 1027672568
  • SCSB-9029293
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries