Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy: 29 - Brossura

Benson, Timothy O.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0520230035 ISBN 13: 9780520230033

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2001

Riassunto

The notion of utopia exists in every culture, capturing shared dreams and common goals. This bookprepared to accompany the exhibitionExpressionist Utopias mounted at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993explores how the optimistic themes of utopia and fantasy sustained faith among artists and architects in the power of art to shape a better world during the tumultuous World War I era in Germany. The exhibition's curator, Timothy O. Benson along with David Frisby, Reinhold Heller, Anton Kaes, Wolf Prix, and Iain Boyd White present the diverse manifestations of the utopia metaphor in its progression throughout Expressionism from Arcadian to manmade utopias.

This work includes a new essay and an interview by Edward Dimenberg with Wolf Prix on the spectacular installation created for the exhibition by the Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelblau.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Timothy O. Benson is Curator of the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Product Description:

Edizione in lingua inglese - English Edition.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0520230035
• ISBN 13: 9780520230033
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 339