Research Catalog

Title

Fragments of metropolis East : the expressionist heritage in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia = Fragments of metropolis Ost : das expressionistische Erbe in Polen, Tschechien und der Slowakei / Niels Lehmann & Christoph Rauhut ; introduction by Gesine Schwan.

Author

Rauhut, Christoph

Publication

• Munich : Hirmer, [2018]
• ©2018

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Additional Authors

Lehmann, Niels (Photographer)

Description

xxiii, approximately 240 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans; 25 cm.

Summary

The enthusiasm for the expressionist metropolis, an architecture of complexity, verticality and theatricality, in the 1920s captured also East-Central Europe. Despite regional differences, the surviving fragments bear witness to a determined will of form and a rich, skilful handling of colour, material and light. Joint together, the buildings tell the story of the expressionist vision of a new modern society. In contemporary photographs and plan drawings 'Fragments of Metropolis - East' documents 170 buildings in Bratislava, Brno, Gdansk, Hradec Králové, Katowice, Kraków, Legnica, Prague, Szczecin, Ústí nad Labem, Warsaw, Wroclaw, as well as many other places. A detailed index and clearly arranged maps complete the reference work.

Series Statement

Fragments of metropolis ; third volume

Alternative Title

• Fragments of metropolis Ost : das expressionistische Erbe in Polen, Tschechien und der Slowakei
• Fragments of metropolis East = Osten : Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic
• Expressionist heritage in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• Expressionistische Erbe in Polen, Tschechien und der Slowakei

Subjects

• Architecture
• History
• 1900-1999
• Tschechische Republik
• Slowakei
• Polen
• Ostmitteleuropa
• Expressionismus
• Architektur
• Slovenia
• Poland
• Czech Republic
• Architecture > Poland > History
• Architecture > Slovakia > History
• Architecture > Czech Republic > History > 20th century
• Expressionism (Architecture) > Europe, Central

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in English and German.

Contents

Gesine Schwan : homeland metropolis = heimat metropolis -- Beate Stötkuhl : expressionism 'East' = Expressionismus 'Ost' -- The fragments = Die fragmente -- Maps = Karten -- Index of buildings -- Architects.

ISBN

• 9783777430928
• 3777430927

LCCN

9783777430928

OCLC

• on1042082872
• SCSB-9458612

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library