- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; New edition edition (Sep 29 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521498910
- ISBN-13: 978-0521498913
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.4 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 649 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Dorothea Dietrich's impressive monograph forces us to confront the dark side of modernism...." Detlef Mertins, The Print Collector's Newsletter
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At the end of World War I, the German artist Kurt Schwitters dramatically broke with dominant artistic traditions by adopting collage as the primary medium for his literary and visual production. In The Collages of Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation, Dorothea Dietrich demonstrates how collages function for the artist. Characterising Schwitters's work as the product of the deep social and political crises of the Weimar Republic, Dietrich challenges the prevalent outlook that twentieth-century art can be reduced to a revolutionary struggle of avant-garde artists against an entrenched artistic tradition. The Collages of Kurt Schwitters argues for a more nuanced view, in which revolutionary art forms are exposed as containing much that is traditional and, indeed, reactionary.
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In May 1919 the satirical magazine Der Simplicissimus published a cartoon by Karl Arnold entitled Das Ende vom Lied [The Song's End; or, The End of the Matter] (Fig. 1), which depicted a huge junk pile formed of the typical debris of a middle-class European household: broken chairs and bottles, household objects, the elaborately carved handles of a baby carriage, a lamp, a grand piano, even a stuffed bird. Read the first page
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In May 1919 the satirical magazine Der Simplicissimus published a cartoon by Karl Arnold entitled Das Ende vom Lied [The Song's End; or, The End of the Matter] (Fig. 1), which depicted a huge junk pile formed of the typical debris of a middle-class European household: broken chairs and bottles, household objects, the elaborately carved handles of a baby carriage, a lamp, a grand piano, even a stuffed bird. Read the first page
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Thoughtful and informative,
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This review is from: The Collages of Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation (Paperback)
A informative discussion of Schwitters work that is both scholarly and accessible. If you want critical analysis and historical perspective, then this is the book for you (it is NOT a superficial, coffee table book with pictures). Thoughtful and thought provoking. I'd recommend this book to anyone in learning more about Schwitters.
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I wish I hadn'd bought this book. There is very little to see
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thoughtful and informative,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Collages of Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation (Paperback)
A informative discussion of Schwitters work that is both scholarly and accessible. If you want critical analysis and historical perspective, then this is the book for you (it is NOT a superficial, coffee table book with pictures). Thoughtful and thought provoking. I'd recommend this book to anyone in learning more about Schwitters.
20 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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Very disappointing,
By Rogerio Bassetto (roger@leoburnett.com.br) - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Collages of Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation (Paperback)
I wish I hadn'd bought this book. There is very little to see
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