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Berlin : the twenties / Rainer Metzger ; Christian Brandstätter, picture editor.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Metzger, Rainer.
Contributor:
Brandstätter, Christian.
Standardized Title:
Berlin. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Arts and society--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
Arts and society.
History.
Berlin (Germany)--Civilization--20th century.
Berlin (Germany).
Berlin (Germany)--History--1918-1945.
Germany--Berlin.
Physical Description:
400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Abrams, 2007.
Language Note:
Translation of: Berlin : die Zwanzigerjahre : Kunst und Kultur 1918-1933.
Contents:
Rapid growth and excess
The November vanishing point: revolution and reaction
War and peace: Expressionism and Dada
Vile circumstances: the aesthetics of Verism
Unity and purity: utopias, collectives and futurisms
The metropolis of the modern
The cult and culture of superficiality: new objectivity
Eternity in transience: Berlin and the other modernity
Four million Berliners cannot be ignored: the argument of the masses
The capital of the Reich, or, how was it possible?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780810993297
0810993295
OCLC:
76940008

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