German Expressionism: Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Socialism (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art)

Author: Long, Rose-Carol Washton Washton

Brand: University of California Press

Edition: Reprint

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 408

EAN: 9780520202641

Release Date: 06-12-1995

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches

Languages: English

Binding: Paperback

Part Number: 50 b&w illustrations

Details: 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 Third Reich. While the movement embraced such diverse artists as E. L. Kirchner, Wassily Kandinsky, Käthe Kollwitz, and George Grosz, all the participants shared an almost messianic belief in the power of art to change society. Rose-Carol Washton Long has drawn together over eighty documents crucial to the understanding of German Expressionism, many of them translated for the first time into English.