Main entry:

Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- author.

Title & Author:

Foto : modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945 / Matthew S. Witkovsky ; with an introduction by Peter Demetz.

Publication:

Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art ; New York, New York : in association with Thames and Hudson, 2007.

Description:

xxix, 278 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 10-September 3, 2007; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 5, 2007-January 2, 2008; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 9-May 4, 2008; and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, June 7-August 31, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index.
Director's foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Note to the reader -- Guide to city names -- Maps of Central Europe in 1890 and 1930 -- Introduction : a map of courage / Peter Demetz -- ch. 1. Starting points -- ch. 2. The cut-and-paste world : recovering from war -- ch. 3. Laboratories and classrooms -- ch. 4. New women -- new men -- ch. 5. Modern living -- ch. 6. The spread of surrealism -- ch. 7. Activist documents -- ch. 8. Land without a name -- ch. 9. The cut-and-paste world : war returns -- Notes -- Biographies / Elizabeth Cronin, Stanisław Czekalski, Amanda Hockensmith, Astrid Lechner, Jiří Pátek, Maciej Szymanowicz, Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Bibliography / Elizabeth Cronin -- Index -- Photographic credits.

Summary:

"Published to accompany an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this book presents the creations of approximately one hundred individuals whose work redefined the very notion of art and embodies at times a dizzying freedom from traditional social roles. The book includes an introductory essay by Peter Demetz, as well as maps, biographies of the featured photographers, and a scholarly bibliography."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780894683343 (alk. paper)
0894683349 (alk. paper)
9780500543375 (hardcover)
0500543372

Subject:

Photography, Artistic 20th century Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) Europe, Central 20th century Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie artistique 20e siècle Expositions.
Modernisme (Art) Europe centrale 20e siècle Expositions.
art photography.
Modernism (Art)
Europe, Central History 20th century Pictorial works.
Europe centrale Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Central Europe

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Pictorial works
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Demetz, Peter, 1922- writer of introduction.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), organizer, host institution.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, host institution.
Milwaukee Art Museum, host institution.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252078
Call No.: BIB 181714
Status: Available