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Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art in the 1930s

Hardback

Main Details

Title Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art in the 1930s
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Olaf Peters
Contributions by Stefanie Heckmann
Contributions by Andreas Huyssen
Contributions by Alfred Pfabigan
Contributions by Ernst Ploil
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 285,Width 235
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Modernist design and Bauhaus
Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
History of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9783791357607
Audience
General
Illustrations 200 illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Prestel
Imprint Prestel
Publication Date 8 March 2018
Publication Country Germany

Description

This generously illustrated and comprehensive book examines German and Austrian artists in the 1930s as they reacted to a time of crisis and dissent. The 1930s in Germany and Austria were marked by economic crisis, political disintegration, and social chaos. This beautifully illustrated catalog surveys the development of the arts in these two countries between the two World Wars. Presenting nearly 150 paintings and works on paper, this book reveals artistic developments that foreshadowed, reflected, and accompanied the beginning of World War II. Works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alfred Kubin are presented alongside pieces by lesser-known artists such as Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albert Paris Gutersloh, Karl Hubbuch, Richard Oelze, Josef Scharl, Franz Sedlacek, and Rudolf Wacker. This book features essays about the appropriation of artistic idioms, the reactions of artists toward their historical circumstances, and major political events that shaped the era. AUTHOR: Olaf Peters is Professor of Modern Art at Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg and the author of Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany 1937 and Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933 (both by Prestel). 200 illustrations

Author Biography

Olaf Peters is Professor of Modern Art at Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg and the author of Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany 1937 and Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933 (both by Prestel).