The Red Count : The Life and Times of Harry Kessler

The life of Count Harry Kessler (1868-1937), the famous Anglo-German art patron, writer, and activist, offers a vivid and engrossing perspective on the tumultuous transformation of art and politics that took place in modern Europe between 1890 and 1930. In the first half of his career Kessler was on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Easton, Laird M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kessler, Harry, > Graf, > 1868-1937.
Politics and government.
Intellectuals.
Intellectual life.
Diplomats.
Authors, German.
Écrivains allemands > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Intellectuels > Allemagne > Biographies.
Diplomates > Allemagne > Biographies.
Authors, German > 20th century > Biography.
Intellectuals > Germany > Biography.
Diplomats > Germany > Biography.
Germany.
Allemagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1918-1933.
Germany > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Germany > Politics and government > 1918-1933.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The life of Count Harry Kessler (1868-1937), the famous Anglo-German art patron, writer, and activist, offers a vivid and engrossing perspective on the tumultuous transformation of art and politics that took place in modern Europe between 1890 and 1930. In the first half of his career Kessler was one of the most ardent and well-known champions of aesthetic modernism in Imperial Germany, becoming a friend and patron to pioneering artists and writers of his day, most notably French sculptor Aristide Maillol, Belgian architect Henry van de Velde, English theater designer Gordon Craig, and Austria.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780520939776

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