Fragments of Metropolis - Rhein & Ruhr: Das expressionistische Erbe an Rhein und Ruhr / THe Expressionist Heritage of the Rhine-Ruhr Region - Rilegato

Rauhut, Christoph; Lehmann, Niels

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ISBN 10: 3777425672 ISBN 13: 9783777425672

Casa editrice: Hirmer Verlag, 2016

Riassunto

Expressionism powerfully heralded the onset of the twenties. Today, the buildings that remain demonstrate great creativity with form and skillful use of light, color, and material, highlighting verticality and drama—the essence of the modern metropolis. With Fragments of Metropolis: Berlin, researcher Christoph Rauhut and photographer Niels Lehmann set out to document all the remaining expressionist buildings in Berlin. With Fragments of Metropolis—Rhein | Ruhr, Rauhut and Lehmann present the results of the next phase of this major undertaking, showing that the Rhine-Ruhr region had a similarly rich expressionist heritage.
Lehmann’s new photographs are here set alongside drawings, an illustrated index of buildings, and maps that help the reader group the buildings by area, including Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Münster, Oberhausen, and more. Simultaneously a celebration of a lost period and a reminder of the riches it has left to us, Fragments of Metropolis—Rhein | Ruhr is a stunning achievement of historical and artistic preservation.
 

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Informazioni sull'autore

Christoph Rauhut is bsased in Berlin, where he works for the German Cultural Heritage Committee. Niels Lehmann is a Zürich-based architect and architectural photographer.

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The architecture of Expressionism marks the starting point of the discipline into the Golden Twenties - also in the urban cityscape of the metropolises of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This volume documents for the first time in a complete overview all the buildings in the region which still exist and shows a completely new perspective on a familiar region - a fascinating rediscovery in terms of sheer volume.

Enthusiasm for the Expressionist metropolis, an architecture by complexity, verticality and a sense of drama, also embraced the urban landscape of the Rhine-Ruhr region during the 1920s. The Expressionist fragments which have survived to this day bear witness to a determined love of form and a rich and skilful treatment of colour, material and light. The volume documents in contemporary photographs and plans 155 buildings in Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Münster, Oberhausen and elsewhere. A detailed index and clearly drawn-up maps complete this reference work.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hirmer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Tedesco
• ISBN 10: 3777425672
• ISBN 13: 9783777425672
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 129
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile