Berlin in the twenties : art and culture, 1918-1933

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Berlin in the twenties : art and culture, 1918-1933

Rainer Metzger ; picture edited by Christian Brandstätter

Thames & Hudson, 2007

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Berlin in the 20s

Berlin der Zwanzigerjahre

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-395) and index

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Description

Berlin in the 1920s was home to some of the most extraordinary minds of modern times, and was a vigorous melting pot of radical new ideas and concepts in every field. Comprising essays on the key movements and figures of the era, this profusely illustrated book is a highly readable portrait of this astonishing cultural ferment and its most important protagonists.

Table of Contents

  • 1. The City as Parvenu
  • 2. The November Vanishing Point: Revolution and Reaction
  • 3. War and Peace: Expressionism and Dada
  • 4. The Aesthetics ofTruth
  • 5. Unity and Purity: Utopias, Collectives, Futurism
  • 5. The Modern Metropolis
  • 6. High Culture
  • 7. The Truth in Flight: Berlin and the Alternative Modernity
  • 8. The Argument of the Masses
  • 9. The Third Reich or: How Was It Possible?

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