Expressionism and poster design in Germany 1905-1922 : between spirit and commerce / by Kathleen Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Kathleen G., author.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 288.

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 32.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; Volume 288

Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; Volume 32

Standardized Title:

Expressionism multiplied

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posters, German--History--20th century.

Expressionism (Art)--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905-1925 , Kathleen Chapman re-defines Expressionism by situating it in relation to the most common type of picture in public space during the Wilhelmine twentieth century, the commercial poster. Focusing equally on visual material and contemporaneous debates surrounding art, posters, and the image in general, this study reveals that conceptions of a “modern” image were characterized not so much by style or mode of production and distribution, but by a visual rhetoric designed to communicate more directly than words. As instances of such rhetoric, Expressionist art and posters emerge as equally significant examples of this modern image, demonstrating the interconnectedness of the aesthetic, the utilitarian, and the commercial in European modernism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

Figures

Introduction: Expressionism between Spirit and Commerce

Illustration, Abstraction, Advertising: Wilhelm Worringer and the Continuities of German Art

Hieroglyphic Appeal: the Visual Rhetoric of the German Object Poster, Werkbund Style, and Expressionist Art

Promoting Expressionism before Expressionism: Künstlergruppe Brücke and Theories of the Modern Image before World War I

From War to Revolution, from Propaganda to Art: Expressionism and Posters of the Revolutionary Period

Expressionism after Expressionism: “Dead” Expressionism and Theories of the Modern Image after World War I

Conclusion: Expressionism as Buzzword

Back Matter

Copyright of Figures

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Southern California, 2010) under the title: Expressionism multiplied : early twentieth-century German posters between art, commerce, and politics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-38099-X

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004380998 DOI