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Bezig met laden... Berlin: The Twenties (2006)door Rainer Metzger, Christian Brandstätter
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A well-written survey of the history of Berlin in the Twenties. So much of our culture was made in Germany. ( ) I bought this for the illustrations and these were very good, with sufficient description and intelligently linked to the text. The photos of Berlin streets and personalities were very evocative and allowed you to appreciate the distance in time. The paintings chosen were excellent, as although they were by artists that I knew, the majority were not paintings which I had previously seen. The text is a translation from German (originally published in Austria I think) and is rather difficult and stilted. The introductory chapter did not "set the scene" sufficiently for me and would have benefited from greater historical/political background. This may reflect my (lack of) knowledge of German history, but the impact of outcome of the First World War was not sufficiently explained, although it is outlined. The writing of the following chapters does set out the main artistic movements and how they are reflected in the various arts, but did not feel as if they were making a coherent explanation until about half way through, when I felt the book set out themes and illustrated them well. The final chapter which sets out the changes after 1933 when Hitler rose to power jumps forward in time too much. Overall - great illustrations let down by the text. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"In the brief years between the twentieth century's two cataclysmic world wars, the modern metropolis was invented in Berlin. Artists penetrated the surface of things with X-ray vision. An avant-garde of theater and film found an audience and took root there. Subcultures and club cultures invented gender-bending lifestyles and fashions to match. Architects and designers struggled to free themselves from the past and planned for the needs of the future. The soundtrack of daily life throbbed with new rhythms: the coming and going of the latest planes and trains and automobiles; the clacking of typewriters in vast offices; the jazz band that never sleeps. But when the Nazis began to grasp the levers of power, the culture of self-expression and license was doomed. Berlin: The Twenties filled with 400 shockingly fresh photographs, paintings, posters, film stills, and other images - tells the haunting story of the rise and fall of the twentieth century's first modern city."--Jacket. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)943.155085History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Northeastern Germany Brandenburg and Berlin Berlin Historical periods 1866-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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