World War I and the Weimar artists
An edition of World War I and the Weimar artists (1985)
Dix, Grosz, Beckmann, Schlemmer
By Matthias Eberle
Publish Date
1985
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
eng
Pages
134
Description:
Elemental forces and mechanical power -- Otto Dix: fighting for a lost cause (art versus nature) -- George Grosz: the irate dandy (art as weapon in the class struggle) -- Max Beckmann: the tragic king (art as a search for meaning -transcendental objectivity) -- Oskar Schlemmer: Adam transformed into Prometheus by geometry (transcendental anatomy).
subjects: World War, 1914-1918, Neue Sachlichkeit (Art), Psychology, Art and the war, Influence, German Art, Artists, Biography, Art, german, Modern Art
Places: Germany
Times: 20th century