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Hardcover. Paul Wegener was one of the most striking actors in the German theatre. Seeing Wegener's pictorial world in the context of the art of his period and in a retrospective view of the motif's history, this book presents pictorial comparisons and analyses from the view of interdisciplinary iconography, revealing his position in artistic development. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AGB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 996.
Text in German. The title of Paul Wegener's film Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland, dating from 1917, alludes to Pieter Bruegel's well-known picture Cockaigne (Das Schlaraffenland). For Wegener art history, which he counted as one of his 'favourite occupations' throughout his life, was an inexhaustible treasury of images. Although he did not always allude so openly to the relationship between film and other arts as he does here, it is always a tangible presence. Wegener was one of the most striking actors in the German theatre, from the time he joined Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater (1906) until his death in 1948. ... Read more
Text in German. The title of Paul Wegener's film Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland, dating from 1917, alludes to Pieter Bruegel's well-known picture Cockaigne (Das Schlaraffenland). For Wegener art history, which he counted as one of his 'favourite occupations' throughout his life, was an inexhaustible treasury of images. Although he did not always allude so openly to the relationship between film and other arts as he does here, it is always a tangible presence. Wegener was one of the most striking actors in the German theatre, from the time he joined Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater (1906) until his death in 1948. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Language
German
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783932565144
SKU
V9783932565144
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About Heide Schonemann
Heide Schonemann, a Potsdam film academic, studied German, but has concerned herself with the border areas of literary criticism, art history and film since her student days. She attracted attention with a work on Fritz Lang, among other things (Fritz Lang - Filmbilder und Vorbilder), which led to a Goethe-Institut exhibition that is still touring the world.
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