The Werkbund : design theory and mass culture before the First World War / Frederic J. Schwartz.

Main entry:

Schwartz, Frederic J., 1963-

Title & Author:

The Werkbund : design theory and mass culture before the First World War / Frederic J. Schwartz.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1996.

Description:

vii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index.
I. Style Versus Fashion: The Werkbund and the Discourse on Culture in Germany. 1. Culture. 2. Style. 3. Fashion. 4. Commodity, Culture, Alienation. 5. The Dialectic of the Commodity -- II. The Spiritualized Economy and the Development of "Types" 1. Political Economy. 2. Exchange and Dystopia. 3. Production and Visual Form. 4. Production and Economic Form. 5. The Type -- III. Magical Signs: Copyright, Trademarks and "Individuality" 1. Cologne 1914 and the Response of the Individualists. 2. Individuality. 3. Exchange and Utopia. 4. Commodity Signs.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

During the period before World War I, the German Werkbund was at the center of attempts to forge new theories of architecture and design in light of the momentous technological and economic developments of modernity. In this fascinating book, Frederic J. Schwartz explores the ideological and aesthetic positions at the core of debates that embroiled the prominent architects, critics, sociologists, economists, and politicians who had united in the Werkbund during this pivotal era.

ISBN:

0300068980
9780300068986
0300068492
9780300068498

Subject:

Deutscher Werkbund.
Decorative arts Germany History 19th century.
Decorative arts Germany History 20th century.
Art and industry Germany.
Art and society Germany.
Arts décoratifs Allemagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Arts décoratifs Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et industrie Allemagne.
Art et société Allemagne.
Architecture Germany History.
Art and industry
Art and society
Decorative arts
Vormgeving.
Massaproductie.
Art and industry Germany History.
Art and society Germany History.
Arts décoratifs Allemagne 1789-1900.
Arts décoratifs Allemagne 20e siècle.
Germany
Architecture
Design, Industrial

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 114713
Call No.: ID NK951.S375; ID:96-B2619
Status: Available

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