Main entry:

Willett, John, 1917-2002.

Title & Author:

Art and politics in the Weimar period : the new sobriety, 1917-1933 / John Willett.

Edition:

1st American edition.

Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, ©1978.

Description:

272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index.
Apologia and plan. Voices from underground; A story of contrasts -- War and revolution 1914-20. People in the war; Counter-offensive; Revolution and the arts: Russia 1917-20; Revolution and the arts: Germany 1918-20; Paris postwar -- The turning point. 1921-3; Politics, radio, cinema; The NEP, IAH, Rapallo; German stabilization; Russians in Berlin; Berlin Constructivism; International Constructivism; The Bauhaus at Weimar; Grosz and political art; A new naturalism; End of theatrical Expressionism; La Création du monde, Hindemith, mechanical instruments; Architectural beginnings; End of Paris Dada; Summary -- The new sobriety 1924-8. Weimar builds; Impersonal art; Neue Sachlichkeit; The Dessau Bauhaus; Modern architecture; Living design; The camera eye; Theatre for the machine age; Music for the times; Retrograde symptoms -- The crunch. 1929-30. Economic collapse, death of Stresemann; 'Proletarian' art organizations and the Five-Year Plan; Economy and reaction in Germany; Sacking of Hannes Meyer, the ARBKD; Transformation in the theatre, end of the silent film; Book clubs and war novels; Epic structures and light prose -- 'Kampf' and its illusions 1930-33. Weimar crumples; The lost revolution -- Post mortem Looking back today -- Chronological table -- Select bibliography, acknowledgments -- Index -- Charts showing Art streams of the 20s: the main movements: Organizations and political links -- Cultural map of the 20s in mid-Europe.

Summary:

"The period between the end of World War I and Hitler's accession to power witnessed an unprecedented cultural explosion that embraced the whole of Europe but was, above all, centered in Germany. John Willett here provides a brilliant explanation of the aesthetic and political currents which made Germany the focal point of a new, down-to-earth, socially committed cultural movement that drew a significant measure of inspiration from revolutionary Russia and left-wing social thought, American technology, and the devastating experience of war."--Back cover.

ISBN:

0394496280
9780394496283
0394739914 (pbk.)
9780394739915 (pbk.)
0879235632
9780879235635

Subject:

Art and state Germany.
Politics in art.
Arts, German.
Arts Allemagne 20e siècle.
Politique dans l'art.
Arts allemands.
Art Politique gouvernementale Allemagne.
Art and state.
Politics and government
Geschichte
Kultur
Kunst
Politik
Weimarer Republik
Politiek.
Weimar-republiek.
Art and state Germany 20th century.
Germany Politics and government 1918-1933.
Germany Intellectual life 20th century.
Allemagne Vie intellectuelle 20e siècle.
Allemagne Politique et gouvernement 1918-1933.
Germany.
Deutschland

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46495
Call No.: 6171; ID:89-B5797
Status: Available

Location: Library main 46494
Call No.: PO5532; ID:89-B5797
Status: Available