Art of Society, the: 1900-1945 English edition
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Author: Dieter Scholz (ed.)
The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the last building designed by Mies van der Rohe, has been closed a full 6 years for refurbishment. To mark its reopening, the museum is presenting the highlights of its classical modernist collection. The paintings and sculptures bear witness to art’s dialogue with prevailing social conditions – from the German Empire to the First World War, the Weimar Republic and ultimately National Socialism.The Art of Society, 1900–1945 offers a renewed encounter with works by Edvard Munch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Tamara de Lempicka, Lotte Laserstein, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann, and many others that is as captivating as it is illuminating. The catalogue documenting all works in the exhibition traces the major artistic tendencies during the first half of the 20th century in 13 chapters.
ISBN 9783969120347. DCV. pb. 280 pages. 285 ills. 20 x 27 cm.
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The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the last building designed by Mies van der Rohe, has been closed a full 6 years for refurbishment. To mark its reopening, the museum is presenting the highlights of its classical modernist collection. The paintings and sculptures bear witness to art’s dialogue with prevailing social conditions – from the German Empire to the First World War, the Weimar Republic and ultimately National Socialism.The Art of Society, 1900–1945 offers a renewed encounter with works by Edvard Munch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Tamara de Lempicka, Lotte Laserstein, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann, and many others that is as captivating as it is illuminating. The catalogue documenting all works in the exhibition traces the major artistic tendencies during the first half of the 20th century in 13 chapters.
ISBN 9783969120347. DCV. pb. 280 pages. 285 ills. 20 x 27 cm.
available