Weimar Surfaces : Urban Visual Culture in 1920s Germany /

This study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual culture, analyzing the power that 1920s Germany holds for today's visual codes of consumerism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Janet, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Popular culture > Influence.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Arts, German.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ART > Popular Culture.
Culture populaire > Allemagne > Influence.
Modernisme (Esthetique) > Allemagne.
Arts allemands > 20e siecle.
Popular culture > Germany > Influence.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > Germany.
Arts, German > 20th century.
Germany.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1918-1933.
Germany > History > 1918-1933.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Modern Surface and Postmodern Simulation: A Retrospective Retrieval 1. Functionalist Façades: The Reformation of Weimar Architecture 2. Electric Stimulations: The Shock of the New Objectivity in Weimar Advertising 3. Into the Mouth of the Moloch: Weimar Surface Culture Goes to the Movies 4. The Display Window: Designs and Desires of Weimar Consumerism.

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