Performing Modernism: A Jewish Avant-Garde in Bucharest
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Author: Alexandra Chiriac
This volume examines the reach of modernism in design and performance in inter-war Romania. It follows the transnational trajectories of several remarkable Jewish avant-garde artists, actors and directors based in Bucharest in the 1920s and 1930s. Based on extensive original research, the book highlights the contribution of Jewish cultural production to avant-garde movements in Europe and beyond. The first part of the book recovers the history of Bucharest’s first modern design institution and investigates its links with German design and the Bauhaus. The second half focuses on several innovative collaborations in the realm of Yiddish theatre, including the time spent in Romania by the world-renowned Vilna Troupe.
ISBN 9783110765588. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 240 pages. 85 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm. .
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This volume examines the reach of modernism in design and performance in inter-war Romania. It follows the transnational trajectories of several remarkable Jewish avant-garde artists, actors and directors based in Bucharest in the 1920s and 1930s. Based on extensive original research, the book highlights the contribution of Jewish cultural production to avant-garde movements in Europe and beyond. The first part of the book recovers the history of Bucharest’s first modern design institution and investigates its links with German design and the Bauhaus. The second half focuses on several innovative collaborations in the realm of Yiddish theatre, including the time spent in Romania by the world-renowned Vilna Troupe.
ISBN 9783110765588. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 240 pages. 85 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm. .
available