Physical Description
400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
Rapid growth and excess
The November vanishing point : revolution and reaction
War and peace : Expressionism and Dada
Vile circumstances : the aesthetics of Verism
Unity and purity : utopias, collectives and futurisms
The metropolis of the modern
The cult and culture of superficiality : new objectivity
Eternity in transience : Berlin and the other modernity
Four million Berliners cannot be ignored : the argument of the masses
The capital of the Reich, or, how was it possible?
Other Authors/Editors
Brandstätter, Christian.
ISBN
9780810993297
0810993295
Notes
Includes index.
Rapid growth and excess -- The November vanishing point : revolution and reaction -- War and peace : Expressionism and Dada -- Vile circumstances : the aesthetics of Verism -- Unity and purity : utopias, collectives and futurisms -- The metropolis of the modern -- The cult and culture of superficiality : new objectivity -- Eternity in transience : Berlin and the other modernity -- Four million Berliners cannot be ignored : the argument of the masses -- The capital of the Reich, or, how was it possible?
Translation of: Berlin : die Zwanzigerjahre : Kunst und Kultur 1918-1933.
