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The Aesthetics of the Total Artwork. On Borders and Fragments.
. Ed(S): Finger, Anke K.; Follett, Danielle; Finger, Anke K.
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Such diverse perspectives can only stimulate debate in the academy and beyond about the history of the Gesamtkunstwerk and open up paths that may be followed in its future. Editor(s): Finger, Anke K.; Follett, Danielle; Finger, Anke K. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 480 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
In The Aesthetics of the Total Artwork, artists, curators, and scholars from many countries and fields offer new ways of understanding the history and contemporary importance of the idea of the total artwork, or Gesamtkunstwerk. The term " Gesamtkunstwerk" was introduced in the romantic period. It describes the desire for and practice of combining various art forms into a whole, such as performances that combine text, visual arts, music, dance, and architecture. Richard Wagner was one of the early theorists of the concept, inspiring many modernist artists; yet, due to his ideological significance for the Third Reich, ... Read more
In The Aesthetics of the Total Artwork, artists, curators, and scholars from many countries and fields offer new ways of understanding the history and contemporary importance of the idea of the total artwork, or Gesamtkunstwerk. The term " Gesamtkunstwerk" was introduced in the romantic period. It describes the desire for and practice of combining various art forms into a whole, such as performances that combine text, visual arts, music, dance, and architecture. Richard Wagner was one of the early theorists of the concept, inspiring many modernist artists; yet, due to his ideological significance for the Third Reich, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Series
Rethinking Theory
Number of Pages
480
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801895821
SKU
V9780801895821
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About . Ed(S): Finger, Anke K.; Follett, Danielle; Finger, Anke K.
Anke Finger is an associate professor of German and comparative literature at the University of Connecticut. Danielle Follett is at the Universite Paris-VIII (Saint Denis).
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