German Expressionism: Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Socialism

by Rose-Carol Washton Long

Book Overview

German Expressionism, one of the most significant movements of early European modernism, was an enormously powerful element in Germany's cultural life from the end of the Wilhelmine Empire to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520202643
• ISBN13: 9780520202641
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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German Expressionism-documents-End of Wilelmine Empire to Rise to socislm.

I'm sorry, but as an artist, I want to see more examples of the pictures, of the art, and there are a very great books that become bibles for some artists( I have a few, as I say... that are what artists makes a brush stroke and.... if they do it right. I love all the great artists and there are many, and i think we broke ourselves down into ism's. and we still do it today and still remembered b day. I love the manifestos, I love the deep talk about the German Expressionism's. I also enjoyed the crossing of groups. Maybe , if we grouped artists, by isms, this would be easier to keep track, anticipate trends and groups. ,designers, artists. Wise words in such a screwed up world.these german artists . The Riset of Socialism.it is a good read. Joe

German Expressionism:Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Sociali

Edited and annotated by Rose-Carol Washton Long Assistance by Ida Katherine Rigby University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California © 1993 Rose-Carol Washton Long constructed this anthology around a volume of essays in order to reveal a variety of voices associated with this artistic movement. Her work is meant to augment the scope of interpretations formed around the cultural conditions of Germany. She presents a kaleidoscope of textual data from many primary sources, some of them being translated in English for the first time, that paint a detailed picture of the society, politics, and artistic regimes. Long approaches the movement in an investigatory manner that uncovers an untapped resource full of direct information. She doesn't necessarily challenge the facts provided by other art historians from her field but provides another perspective in order to advance the understanding of an enigmatic movement. It is in this sense that Long has accessed German Expressionism through a route that has been ignored by other art historians. In each section, Long includes her own enlightened analysis and interpretation of why the chosen essays provide a provocative and appropriate example of the sentiment of these artists who were working at this time. By compiling her research with well known and also abstruse primary sources, Long gives her audience a unique and often neglected perspective that places German Expressionism in its complicated matrix of time. This text has not won any awards or prizes for its content or design; however I feel that is deserving of recognition for its valuable concept. Rose-Carol Washton Long is a professor of 19th and 20th century European Art history at the City University of New York City. Long received her PhD from Yale University in 1968. She has extensively studied European visual culture, specializing in Germany, Russia, and Central Europe. She is an evaluator for the NEH fellowship program for the Getty Grant program. Fellowships she's been awarded are Clawson Mills Fellowship from the Metropolitan Museum, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Younger Humanist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a grant-in-aid from the American Council of Learned Societies. She also founded and was incumbent president of the CAA-affiliated Historians of German and Central European Art and Architecture (HGCEA), currently she is treasurer. Throughout her career she has written; German Expressionism: Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Socialism, annotated edition, G.K. Hall & Co./Macmillan, 1993; paperback edition, University of California Press, 1995, Kandinsky: The Development of an Abstract Style, Clarendon Press, 1980, With John Bowlt. The Life of Vasily Kandinsky in Russian Art: A Study of "On the Spiritual in Art." Oriental Research Partners, 1980. This text is a wonderful supplement reading for art historians and students who