Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy
Author: Timothy O. Benson
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Published: 1993
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Author: Timothy O. Benson
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Published: 1993
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy O. Benson
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe notion of utopia exists in every culture, capturing shared dreams and common goals. This book--prepared to accompany the exhibition "Expressionist Utopias "mounted at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993--explores how the optimistic themes of utopia and fantasy sustained faith among artists and architects in the power of art to shape a better world during the tumultuous World War I era in Germany. The exhibition's curator, Timothy O. Benson along with David Frisby, Reinhold Heller, Anton Kaes, Wolf Prix, and Iain Boyd White present the diverse manifestations of the utopia metaphor in its progression throughout Expressionism from Arcadian to manmade utopias. This work includes a new essay and an interview by Edward Dimenberg with Wolf Prix on the spectacular installation created for the exhibition by the Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelblau.
Author: Timothy O. Benson
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Published: 1994
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ISBN-13: 9780209973244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barbara Drygulski Wright
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 1214
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christian Weikop
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1351556444
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Perspectives on Br?cke Expressionism: Bridging History brings together highly-renowned international art historians in a scholarly work that offers the first full-length reassessment in English of the importance of the Br?cke group to German modernism specifically and to international modernism more generally. It challenges, interrogates and updates existing orthodoxies in the field of Br?cke studies by deploying new research combined with innovative interpretative approaches. This is an exciting volume of essays with an interlinking tripartite structure that charts the significance of this pioneering German avant-garde group in relation to various critical themes, namely, 'cultural and material identity', 'collectivity and selfhood', as well as 'defamation and rehabilitation'. The book is unique in the field in that it seeks to excavate specific historical research relating to the activities of the Br?cke as a bohemian yet nonetheless enterprising artists' community, and considers the contributions of the key members in relation to the dynamics of that group rather than simply on an individual basis. It thoroughly explores the historiography of the Br?cke artists' reception throughout the turbulent history of the twentieth century up until the present day.
Author: Dietrich Scheunemann
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781571133502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with a fundamentally new interpretation of 'Dr. Caligari', and with fresh views of other expressionist classics, this book offers new perspectives on important alternative styles and genres that emerged in films by such eminent directors as Lubitsch, Fritz Lang and E.A. Dupont.
Author: KimberlyA. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 1351544713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the period in which Expressionist artists were active in central Europe, art historians were producing texts which also began to be characterized evocatively as ?expressionist?, yet the notion of an expressionist art history has yet to be fully explored in historiographic studies of the discipline. This anthology offers a cross-section of noteworthy art history texts that have been described as expressionist, along with critical commentaries by an international group of scholars. Written between 1912 and 1933, the primary sources have been selected from the published scholarship of both recognized and less-familiar figures in the field's Germanic tradition: Wilhelm Worringer, Fritz Burger, Ernst Heidrich, Max Dvor? Heinrich W?lfflin, and Carl Einstein. Translated here for the first time, these examples of an expressionist turn in art history, along with their secondary analyses and the book's introduction, offer a productive lens through which to re-examine the practice and theory of art history in the early twentieth century.
Author: Arn Henderson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2017-04-27
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0806158301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRenowned today as one of the most important architects of the twentieth century, Bruce Goff (1904–1982) was only twelve years old when a Tulsa architectural firm took him on as an apprentice. Throughout his career he defied expectations, not only as a designer of innovative buildings but also as a gifted educator and painter. This beautifully illustrated volume, featuring more than 150 photographs, architectural drawings, and color plates, explores the vast multitude of ideas and themes that influenced Goff’s work. Tracing what he calls Goff’s “path of originality,” Arn Henderson begins by describing two of Goff’s earliest and most significant influences: the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the French composer Claude Debussy. As Henderson explains, Goff embraced from a young age Wright’s ideal of organic expression, where all elements of a building’s design are integrated into a unified whole. Although Goff’s stylistic dependence on Wright eventually waned, the music of Debussy, with its qualities of mystery and “discipline in freedom,” was a perpetual source of inspiration. Henderson also emphasizes Goff’s identification with the American West, particularly Oklahoma, where he developed most of his ideas and created many of his masterful buildings. Goff served as a professor at the University of Oklahoma between 1947 and 1955, becoming the first chair of its School of Architecture. The new studio course he introduced was a pivotal development, ensuring that his ideas were imparted to the next generation of architects. Part biography of a well-known architect, part analysis of Goff’s work, this book is also a finely woven tapestry of information and interpretation that encompasses the ideas and experiences that shaped Goff’s artistic vision over his lifetime. Based on scores of interviews with Goff’s associates and former students, as well as the author’s firsthand study of Goff’s extant buildings, this volume deepens our appreciation of the great architect’s lasting legacy.
Author: Stephanie D'Alessandro
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780944110942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Specks Collection is noted for its high quality, breadth, and profound graphic power. In celebration of the gift to the museum, the collection is presented here for the first time in its entirety.