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In the 1920s, film studios around the world sought to capitalize on the public's curiosity about the newborn science of psychoanalysis. In 1925, Hans Neumann (of Ufa's Kulturfilm office) contacted members of Sigmund Freud's inner circle with a plan to make a dramatic film that explores the mystifying process of the interpretation of dreams. With the help of noted psychologists Karl Abraham and Hanns Sachs, and under the direction of G.W. Pabst (Pandora's Box), SECRETS OF A SOUL was completed. Werner Krauss, who had played the deranged Dr. Caligari six years earlier, stars as a scientist who is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. Driven to the brink of madness by fantastic nightmares (designed by Ernö Metzner and photographed by Guido Seeber in a brilliant mix of expressionism and surrealism), he encounters a psychoanalyst who offers to treat the perplexing malady. Directed by G.W. Pabst Germany 1926 75 minutes Black and White Silent Region 1Kino Video ISBN 9786311748633

Secrets of a Soul [DVD]

By Franz KafkaNewly Translated and with a preface by Breon Mitchell "Kafka’s ‘legalese’ is alchemically fused with a prose of great verve and intense readability."—James Rolleston, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, Duke University"Breon Mitchell’s translation is an accomplishment of the highest order that will honor Kafka far into the twenty-first century."—Walter Abish, author of How German Is ItWritten in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. This new edition is based upon the work of an international team of experts who have restored the text, the sequence of chapters, and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it.In his brilliant translation, Breon Mitchell masterfully reproduces the distinctive poetics of Kafka's prose, revealing a novel that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written. Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgment", and "The Stoker". He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes. Paperback304 pagesRandom House, 1999Originally published in 19255.2 x 0.6 x 8 inchesISBN 9780805209990Fiction

The Trial

By A.C. Grayling "Anyone wanting to come to grips with the later Wittgenstein's views on philosophy, his beliefs about the nature of thought and language, and his many unignorable (if sometimes muddled and often muddling) ideas in the philosophy of the mind could do no better than start here."—Guardian"[Grayling] is to be congratulated on the success of his enterprise in a book which is a model of expository elgance...an admirably clear and concise introduction"—Philosophical Books Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general reader by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought. Paperback144 pagesOxford University Press, 20017 x 4.4 x 0.4 inchesISBN 9780192854117Philosophy

Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

By Rainald Franz, Robert Keil, and Markus KristanHow does one experience the art and culture of previous times? What are the formal criteria which span a period of ten years and are therefore decisive for the decade? Is there something valid that has characterized this epoch? And what has come down to us, in our memories, of this?For the first time an attempt is made not only to describe the diversity of possibilities for styles within a particular decade, but also to make these visible within the areas of architecture, interior design, handicrafts and fine arts. Wie nimmt man Kunst und Kultur vergangener Zeiten wahr? Welches sind die formalen Kriterien, die einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren umfassen und dafuer bestimmend sind? Gibt es etwas Gueltiges, das diese Epoche gepraegt hat? Und was ist uns davon in Erinnerung geblieben?Zum ersten Mal wird der Versuch unternommen, die Vielfaeltigkeit der Gestaltungsmoeglichkeiten, die Einrichtung, das Kunstgerwerbe und die bildende Kunst sichtbar zu machen.Paperback160 pages | 150 color and black-and-white illustrationsText in German and English Amaratis, 20119.8 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9783950101232Architecture, Austrian History

Architektur Wohnkultur Kunst Austria 1900-1910; Architecture Living Culture Art Austria 1900-1910

Edited by Pamela Kort Filled with irreverent wit, comical elements, and absurdist humor, the comic-grotesque has fascinated artists since ancient times. However, it was not until the late nineteenth century that it reemerged as a novel modernist method. This catalog begins with Arnold Böcklin's comic-grotesque pictorial compositions, and brings together a dazzling array of artists-including Paul Klee, Max Klinger, Alfred Kubin, Emil Nolde, and Max Ernst-who, inspired by his example, forged a unique aesthetic with enormous consequences for modern German art. Essays consider the connection between the visual arts and the rise of cabaret culture and satirical journals. In addition, the authors examine the legacy of the comic-grotesque in relation to the denunciation of Böcklin's art and its eventual reemergence in the work of the Dadaists. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover208 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 200411.5 x 9.6 x 1 inchesISBN 9783791331959Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Modernism, Dadaism, Essays

Comic Grotesque: Wit and Mockery in German Art, 1870-1940

Edited by Detlef Mertins and Michael W. JenningsFirst published in 1923, the journal G: Material zur Elementaren Gestaltung (G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation) helped shape a new phase in the history of the European avant-garde. Founded by Hans Richter, a pioneer of abstract animated film, G featured works by some of the important names in the advanced cultures of Europe: Hans Arp, Walter Benjamin, Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Naum Gabo, Werner Graeff, George Grosz, Hugo Häring, Raoul Hausmann, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Frederick Kiesler, El Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Antoine Pevsner, Man Ray, and Tristan Tzara.This edition, the first in English translation, preserves the original design by Lissitzky, Richter, and Graeff, and includes essays that explore the role of the journal in its time and in relation to contemporary culture. An introduction analyzes the principles of the journal, situates it in the culture of the early 1920s, and evaluates its achievements. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover280 pages | 22 color and 118 black-and-white illustrations, 2 four-page folded insertsGetty PublicationsISBN 9781606060391Art History, Avant-Garde, Essays

G: An Avant-Garde Journal of Art, Architecture, Design, and Film, 1923-1926

By Rainald Franz, Robert Keil, and Markus KristanHow does one experience the art and culture of previous times? What are the formal criteria which span a period of ten years and are therefore decisive for the decade?Is there something valid that has characterized this epoch? And what has come down to us, in our memories, of this?For the first time an attempt is made not only to describe the diversity of possibilities for styles within a particular decade, but also to make these visible within the areas of architecture, interior design, handicrafts and fine arts.Wie nimmt man Kunst und Kultur vergangener Zeiten wahr? Welches sind die formalen Kriterien, die einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren umfassen und dafür bestimmend sind? Gibt es etwas Gültiges, das diese Epoche geprägt hat? Und was ist uns davon in Erinnerung geblieben?Zum ersten Mal wird der Versuch unternommen, die Vielfältigkeit der Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, die Einrichtung, das Kunstgerwerbe und die bildende Kunst sichtbar zu machen. Paperback160 pages | 150 color and black-and-white illustrationsText in German and EnglishAmaratis, 20119.8 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9783950101249Architecture

Architektur Wohnkultur Kunst Austria 1910-1920; Architecture Living Culture Art Austria 1910-1920

By Paul ScheerbartTranslated by John A. Stuart "In The Gray Cloth, Scheerbart shows that even in the most edifying buildings, the human comedy finds a home."—Architecture"This novel will delight art historians, Brentano fans, and lovers of sophisticated irony."—Library JournalThe German expressionist, architectural visionary, author, inventor, and artist Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) wrote several fictional utopian narratives related to glass architecture. In The Gray Cloth, the first of his novels to be translated into English, Scheerbart uses subtle irony and the structural simplicity of a fairy tale to present the theories of colored glass outlined in his well-known treatise Glass Architecture.The novel is set forward in time to the mid-twentieth century. The protagonist, a Swiss architect named Edgar Krug, circumnavigates the globe by airship with his wife, constructing wildly varied, colored-glass buildings. His projects include a high-rise and exhibition/concert hall in Chicago, a retirement complex for air pilots on the Fiji Islands, the structure for an elevated train across a zoological park in northern India, and a suspended residential villa on the Kuria Muria Islands off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. Fearing that his architecture is challenged by the colorfulness of women's clothing, Krug insists that his wife wear all gray clothing with the addition of ten percent white. This odd demand brings him notoriety and sensationalizes his international building campaign. For the reader, it underlines the confluence of architecture with fashion, gender, and global media.In his introduction, John Stuart surveys Scheerbart's career and role in German avant-garde circles, as well as his architectural and social ideas. He shows how Scheerbart strove to integrate his spiritual and romantic leanings with the modern world, often relying on glass architecture to do so. In addition to discussing the novel's reception and its rediscovery by contemporary architects and critics, Stuart shows fiction to be a resource for the study of architecture and places The Gray Cloth in the context of German Expressionism.Paperback136 pages, 5 color illustrationsMIT Press, 2003Originally published in 19147 x 0.5 x 9 inchesISBN 9780262692960Fiction, Architecture

The Gray Cloth: Novel on Glass Architecture

By Franz KafkaTranslated by Mike Mitchell 'Someone must have been telling tales about Josef K. for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.' A successful professional man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. The mysterious court which conducts his trial is outwardly co-operative, but capable of horrific violence. Faced with this ambiguous authority, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure. He consults various advisers without escaping his fate. Was there some way out that he failed to see? Kafka's unfinished novel has been read as a study of political power, a pessimistic religious parable, or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem. One of the iconic figures of modern world literature, Kafka writes about universal problems of guilt, responsibility, and freedom; he offers no solutions, but provokes his readers to arrive at meanings of their own. This new edition includes the fragmentary chapters that were omitted from the main text, in a translation that is both natural and exact, and an introduction that illuminates the novel and its author. Paperback240 pagesOxford University Press, 2009Originally published in 19257.6 x 0.6 x 5 inchesISBN 9780199238293Fiction

By Rainald Franz, Robert Keil, and Markus KristanHow does one experience the art and culture of previous times? What are the formal criteria which span a period of ten years and are therefore decisive for the decade?Is there something valid that has characterized this epoch? And what has come down to us, in our memories, of this?For the first time an attempt is made not only to describe the diversity of possibilities for styles within a particular decade, but also to make these visible within the areas of architecture, interior design, handicrafts and fine arts.Wie nimmt man Kunst und Kultur vergangener Zeiten wahr? Welches sind die formalen Kriterien, die einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren umfassen und dafür bestimmend sind? Gibt es etwas Gültiges, das diese Epoche geprägt hat? Und was ist uns davon in Erinnerung geblieben?Zum ersten Mal wird der Versuch unternommen, die Vielfältigkeit der Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, die Einrichtung, das Kunstgerwerbe und die bildende Kunst sichtbar zu machen.Paperback160 pages | 150 color and black-and-white illustrationsText in German and English Amaratis, 20129.8 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9783950101256Architecture, Interior Design

Architektur Wohnkultur Kunst Austria 1920-1930; Architecture Living Culture Art Austria 1920-1930

By Michael White "With Generation Dada, White has presented readers with a powerful new portrait of an avant-garde that flourished in one of the most fraught cities of the early twentieth century." —Catherine Craft, Burlington Magazine“In a well researched, detailed examination of the Berlin avant-garde in the context of WWI, White . . . offers a fresh analysis of the key events and personal relationships that helped form the artistic practices of some of the central figures of the German Dada movement. In an informative but refreshingly accessible style, the author manages to pay close attention to the intricacies of cultural and historical context as well as the formal elements of the works themselves . . . demonstrating a keen eye for the relationship between content and form.” —ChoiceFor the Berlin Dadaists, their identity as a collective—Club Dada, to members—was an integral part of their artistic practice. But the circumstances that brought together the likes of George Grosz, John Heartfield, Raoul Hausmann, and Johannes Baader—renamed Propaganda Marshall, Monteurdada, Dadasoph, and Oberdada within the organization—have remained largely unexamined until now. Drawing on extensive archival research, this book documents the group'ss beginnings in wartime Berlin and reveals how these relationships influenced its provocative acts, which were inextricably tied to the era's chaos and brutality. Studying how the Dadaists saw themselves as a new generation—in contrast to their pacifist forebears, the Expressionists—the book sheds light on key developments and events, such as the First International Dada Fair, held in Berlin in 1920. It also offers the first serious consideration of the group's role in constructing its own legacy, even as the works were deliberately rooted in the ephemeral.Michael White is reader in the history of art at the University of York and is best known internationally for his research on the early-20th-century De Stijl group in the Netherlands. Hardcover382 pages | 20 color and 130 black-and-white illustrationsYale University Press, 20137.8 x 1.2 x 10 inchesISBN 9780300169034Art History, Dada, German History

Generation Dada: The Berlin Avant-Garde and the First World War

By Hermann HesseTranslated by Basil Creighton "For all its savagely articulate descriptions of torment and isolation, it is most eloquent about something less glamorous but far more important: healing."—The GuardianWith its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse’s best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature’s most poetic evocations of the soul’s journey to liberation.Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater—For Madmen Only!Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf ’s wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature. Also available in German. Paperback224 pagesPicador Publishing, 2002Originally published in 1927ISBN 9780312278670Autobiographical Fiction

Steppenwolf

By Katharina von Ankum"A landmark work of German cultural studies. The richness of the material is dazzling: each of the essays opens up new areas of scholarly inquiry and connects, in surprising and illuminating ways, with other essays in the volume."—Maria Tatar, author of Lustmord"These are thought-provoking readings of the 'New Woman's' encounters with modernity in Weimar culture."—Atina Grossmann, author of Reforming SexBringing together the work of scholars in many disciplines, Women in the Metropolis provides a comprehensive introduction to women's experience of modernism and urbanization in Weimar Germany. It shows women as active participants in artistic, social, and political movements and documents the wide range of their responses to the multifaceted urban culture of Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s. Examining a variety of media ranging from scientific writings to literature and the visual arts, the authors trace gendered discourses as they developed to make sense of and regulate emerging new images of femininity. Besides treating classic films such as Metropolis and Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, the articles discuss other forms of mass culture, including the fashion industry and the revue performances of Josephine Baker. Their emphasis on women's critical involvement in the construction of their own modernity illustrates the significance of the Weimar cultural experience and its relevance to contemporary gender, German, film, and cultural studies. Paperback264 pagesUniversity of California Press, 19976 x 0.6 x 8.8 inchesISBN 9780520204652German History, Women's Studies, Gender Studies

Women in the Metropolis: Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

Edited by Manfred Reuther and Christian RingEmil Nolde (1867-1956) devoted as much time and care to his prints as to his paintings. Drawing on the massive collection of the Nolde Stiftung, The Painter’s Prints surveys his etchings, woodcuts and lithographs, and his various suites in each medium. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover152 pages47 color and 56 b&w illustrationsText in English and GermanDuMont, 20130.8 x 9.8 x 11.8 inchesISBN 9783832194666Artist Monograph, Printmaking, Expressionism

Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints

By Georg TraklAn undeniable aura surrounds the name of Georg Trakl (1887-1914,) a poet of intense inner vision and originality whose work stands alongside that of Yeats, Valéry, and T. S. Eliot. Besides Rilke, his more famous admirers include Karl Kraus and Martin Heidegger. The distinctive tone of Trakl's work—especially admired by his patron Ludwig Wittgenstein—is autumnal and melancholy. Trakl was writing at a time of spiritual and social disintegration on the eve of the First World War, when personal values and perceptions tended to be subsumed in a more generalized anguish and exaltation. Neo-romantic, early modernist, his rich, vitally sensuous poetry can be seen to mark the transition from impressionism to expressionism, but at the same time transcends such categories. Trakl's poetry has previously only been available in English in short selections or in anthologies. This bilingual edition, the most comprehensive to date, gives readers the chance to get to know Trakl's work more fully than ever before.Paperback193 pagesText in German and EnglishNorthwestern University Press, 20056 x 0.6 x 9 inchesISBN 9780810120068Poetry

Poems and Prose

By Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Charlie LouthRilke's powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet, now available in a beautiful hardcover Penguin edition. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for generations of writers and artists of all kinds, including Lady Gaga and Patti Smith. With honesty, elegance, and a deep understanding of the loneliness that often comes with being an artist, Rilke's letters are an endless source of inspiration and comfort. Lewis Hyde's new introduction explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. This edition also includes Rilke's later work "The Letter from the Young Worker". Written between 1903 and 1908 to a student who had sent Rilke his poems for evaluation, these ten letters—among the most famous and beloved of this century—reveal the deeply felt ideas about life and art that shaped the great poet's work. Two-color interior. Hardcover144 pagesPenguin Classics, 2013Originally Published in 19295.1 x 0.6 x 7.6 inchesISBN 9780143107149Poetry, Letters, Advice

Letters to a Young Poet

By Stefan ZweigTranslated by Anthea BellIntroduction by George Prochnik “Confusion is one of his finest and most exemplary works . . . a marvelously poised account of misunderstood motives, thwarted love, and sublimated desires . . . a perfect reminder of, or introduction to, Zweig’s economy and subtlety as a writer.”—Robert Macfarlane, The Times Literary Supplement“Confusion, which I recently devoured at a sitting, is in essence a simple story. An elderly academic looks back on the most intense and formative relationship of his life."—Harry Eyres, Financial TimesStefan Zweig was particularly drawn to the novella, and Confusion, a rigorous and yet transporting dramatization of the conflict between the heart and the mind, is among his supreme achievements in the form. A young man who is rapidly going to the dogs in Berlin is packed off by his father to a university in a sleepy provincial town. There, a brilliant lecture awakens in him: a wild passion for learning—as well as a peculiarly intense fascination with the graying professor who gave the talk. The student grows close to the professor, becoming a regular visitor to the apartment he shares with his much younger wife. He takes it upon himself to urge his teacher to finish the great work of scholarship that he has been laboring at for years and even offers to help him in any way he can. The professor welcomes the young man’s attentions, at least on some days. On others, he rages without apparent reason or turns away from his disciple with cold scorn. The young man is baffled, wounded. He cannot understand. But the wife understands. She understands perfectly. And one way or another she will help him to understand too.Paperback176 pagesNYRB Classics, 2012Originally published in English in 19275 x 0.5 x 8 inchesISBN 9781590174999Psychological Fiction

Confusion

By Colleen Carroll "Carrolls series... eclipses the competition... "How Artists See" has the makings of a classic—a core experience for budding art enthusiasts to build on."—Publishers Weekly"Wow! . . . It just doesn't get any better than this."—Children's Literature Choice List Each volume in this innovative series is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. The works of art chosen for each book show the many different ways great artists have perceived and expressed that very subject. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created. Hardcover48 pagesAge Range: 6–12 yearsAbbeville Kids, 19997.5 x 0.5 x 9.2 inchesISBN 9780789204752Art History, Animals

How Artists See Animals: Mammal, Fish, Bird, Reptile

By Colleen Carroll Each volume in this innovative series is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. The works of art chosen for each book show the many different ways great artists have perceived and expressed that very subject. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created. Hardcover48 pagesAge range: 8–10 Abbeville Kids, 20017.2 x 0.2 x 9 inchesISBN 9780789206183Art History

How Artists See Artists: Painter, Actor, Dancer, Musician

By Oliver Hilmes Translated by Stewart Spencer “A compelling and critical picture of a clever and powerful woman . . . well-documented [and] absorbing.”—Library Journal"More than everything you ever needed to know about Cosima Wagner, this well-written book (translated brilliantly—as ever—by Stewart Spencer) offers a clear and scrupulous insight into how she created and stoked the peculiar mania that infected the Wagner cult."—Della Couling, Classical Music“Bastard daughter of touring music celebrity, unfaithful wife of great conductor, marries genius and becomes one of the leading influences on Western culture. As the Aussies say, you couldn’t read about it. But, here in the pages of Cosima Wagner, you certainly can. And the story is enriched by the author’s access to available documentation at Bayreuth.…This [is] illuminating work”—Robert Giddings, TribuneSelected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2010 in the Music category. In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner—illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Richard Wagner. After Wagner’s death in 1883 Cosima played a crucial role in the promulgation and politicization of his works, assuming control of the Bayreuth Festival and transforming it into a shrine to German nationalism. The High Priestess of the Wagnerian cult, Cosima lived on for almost fifty years, crafting the image of Richard Wagner through her organizational ability and ideological tenacity. The first book to make use of the available documentation at Bayreuth, this biography explores the achievements of this remarkable and obsessive woman while illuminating a still-hidden chapter of European cultural history. Paperback400 pages | 30 black-and-white illustrationsYale University Press, 20116 x 9 inchesISBN 9780300170900Biography, Music

Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth

By Colleen Carroll"Carrolls series... eclipses the competition... "How Artists See" has the makings of a classic—a core experience for budding art enthusiasts to build on."—Publishers Weekly"Wow! . . . It just doesn't get any better than this."—Children's Literature Choice List Each volume in this innovative series is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. The works of art chosen for each book show the many different ways great artists have perceived and expressed that very subject. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created. Hardcover48 pagesAge range: 6–12 Abbeville Kids, 19997.8 x 0.5 x 9.5 inchesISBN 9780789201874Art History, History

How Artists See Cities: Streets, Buildings, Shops, Transportation

By Elsa SmithgallRussian artist and theoretician Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a significant figure in 20th-century abstraction. His masterwork Painting with White Border (1913; Guggenheim Museum), inspired by his native Moscow, emerged during an intensely creative period in his artistic development. Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence presents a rare, in-depth examination of the painting and more than fifteen preparatory studies in watercolor, oil, and pencil, along with closely related works made during this influential chapter in Kandinsky's career.This handsome book includes essays illuminating how Painting with White Border also relates to Kandinsky's writings, including Concerning the Spiritual in Art (published 100 years ago) and his autobiography Reminiscences. A jointly authored essay by conservators at the Phillips and the Guggenheim presents the results of a recent conservation analysis of the painting and its related oil sketch (1913; The Phillips Collection), revealing important new discoveries about the artist's creative process, materials, and methods.Hardcover136 pagesYale University Press, 201110.6 x 9.8 x 0.8 inchesISBN 9780300170788Artist Monograph, Art History, Creative Process, Painting

Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border

By Hermann Hesse Translated by Michael Roloff “Moving and profound. Hesse is a writer of suggestion, of nuance, of spiritual intimation.” —The Christian Science Monitor Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he discovers around him; after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades into crushing hopelessness. He finds peace again only when he cares for Boppi, an invalid who renews Camenzind’s love for humanity and inspires him once again to find joy in the smallest details of every life. Paperback201 pagesPicador Publishing, 2003Originally published in 19048.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inchesISBN 9780312422639Fiction

Peter Camenzind

By Stefan Zweig Translated by Anthea Bell Cover illustration by Edward Steichen Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna—its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall. Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction. This new translation by award-winning Anthea Bell captures the spirit of Zweig’s writing in arguably his most revealing work. Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was born in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig traveled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoyed literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in bed in an apparent double suicide. Also available in German here. Paperback472 pagesNebraska University Press, 2013Originally published in 19415.5 x 1 x 8.5 inchesISBN 9780803226616Biography, History, Travel

The World of Yesterday

By Peter Vergo "Handsomely reproduces some of the work that so shocked the conservative Viennese public." —Observer"The continuing value of this seminal title is demonstrated by its publication as a fourth edition." —Library Journal"[T]he go-to volume for the artists of the Vienna Secession." —St. Louis Post-DispatchThe artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the nineteenth century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Secession. Their works at first shocked a conservative public; but their successive exhibitions, their magazine "Ver Sacrum", and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. This book traces the course of this development, of the Wiener Werkstätte that followed, and the individual works of the artists concerned. Peter Vergo quotes extensively from the writings of contemporary reviewers, critics and the artists themselves. He has eyewitness accounts of the exhibitions, the opening of the Secession building, the work in progress on the Palais Stoclet and Kabarett Fledermaus. The result is a documentary study of the successes and failures, hopes and fears of the members of an artistic movement which is still admired today.Hardcover285 pages | 150 color images, 75 black-and-white imagesPhaidon Press, 201510.2 x 1.1 x 11.8 inchesISBN 9780714868783Austrian History, Art History, Viennese Secession, Wiener Werkstätte

Art in Vienna 1898-1918

By Victor Birgus "Now translated into English, this important book...expands our knowledge of the history of photography of this critical period."—B&W Magazine"..one cannot but be startled by the depth and importance of the Czech tradition."—Mark Pohlad, History of Photography"...this book reveals the body of work that paved the way for later Czech photographers."—Mark Wojahn, Rain Taxi Review of Books"This remarkable collection will repay hours of study and belongs in the library of anyone who seriously studies modern photography."—Choice Magazine Not until the fall of the communist regime in 1989 and the end of Czechoslovakia's cultural isolation did the world begin to appreciate the Czech avant-garde photographers of the first half of the twentieth century. This first survey of Czech avant-garde photography introduces the important work of František Drtikol, Jaromir Funke, Jaroslav Rössler, Jindøich Štyrský, Josef Sudek, and numerous others whose work made Czech photography synonymous with visions of modernity. The essays introduce the period and explore the background and connections among the photographers. Biographical profiles are also included. But the book's main attraction is its outstanding collection of duo-tone and color images, many published here for the first time. Hardcover311 pagesMIT Press, 20029 x 1.2 x 11 inchesISBN 9780262025164Photography, Czech Artists

Czech Photographic Avant-Garde: 1918-1948

By Hermann HesseIntroduction by Theodore ZialkowskiTranslated by Rika LesserIn the spring of 1922, several months after completing Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse wrote a fairy tale that was also a love story, inspired by the woman who was to become his second wife. That story, Pictor’s Metamorphoses, is the centerpiece of this anthology of Hesse’s luminous short fiction. Based on The Arabian Nights and the work of the Brothers Grimm, the nineteen stories collected here represent a half century of Hesse's short writings. They display the full range of Hesse’s lifetime fascination with fantasy—as dream, fairy tale, satire, or allegory.Paperback240 pagesPicador Publishing, 2003Originally published in 1922ISBN 9780312422646Short Stories, Fantasy

Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies

By Hermann HesseTranslated by Hilda RosnerIn simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse's Journey to the East tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah’s Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims’ ultimate destination is the East, the “Home of the Light,” where they expect to find spiritual renewal. Yet the harmony that ruled at the outset of the trip soon degenerates into open conflict. Each traveler finds the rest of the group intolerable and heads off in his own direction, with H.H. bitterly blaming the others for the failure of the journey. It is only long after the trip, while poring over records in the League archives, that H.H. discovers his own role in the dissolution of the group, and the ominous significance of the journey itself. Paperback118 pagesPicador Publishing, 2003Originally published in 19325.5 x 0.4 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9780312421687Spirituality, Fiction

The Journey to the East

By Anna FarovaPublished together for the first time are the photographs taken by the Czech photographer Zden Tmej during the years 1942-1944 in Breslau, Prussia, where he and others were taken to perform forced labor for the Nazis. Easily the most important and extensive visual documentation of the forced labor camps, these photos have both artistic and historical value.Paperback160 pages, 87 duotonesTorst Publishing, 20016.3 x 7 inchesISBN 9788072151370Artist Monograph, Photography

Zdenek Tmej: Totaleisatz

By Alastair Duncan A noted expert in his field, Alastair Duncan examines the rise and fall of a “new art” that was not only a style of architecture, furniture, glass, and other applied arts, but a social and cultural movement. At the end of the nineteenth century, the movement began as a reaction by artists and designers to the cult of Victorian revivalism and an artistically limiting traditionalism. The daringly different designs of such artists as Tiffany, Morris, and Lalique, to name a few, were celebrated by the newly affluent middle class in Europe, yet the “new art” fell into obscurity after the First World War, and was finally revitalized in the 1960s. Duncan places the contributions of Art Nouveau’s pioneers within their historical context and gives a detailed account of their approaches and their works Paperback216 pagesThames & Hudson, 19946 x 0.7 x 8.3 inchesISBN 9780500202739Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau (World of Art)

Edited by Vladmír Birgus and Jan Mlcoch It was not so long ago that one would have been hard pressed to find a single Czech name in most western European or American books on the history of photography. Today, things are very different: photographers like Josef Sudek, Frantisek Drtikol, Jaromír Funke, Josef Koudelka, Jan Saudek and Antonín Kratochvíl enjoy international acclaim, and as Czechoslovakia emerged from over half-century of totalitarian rule, the rest of the world was astounded to discover that such a small nation could boast so many talented and original photographers. Nonetheless, entire chapters of the history of Czech photography remain largely neglected. Czech Photography of the 20th Century is the first volume to survey the main trends, figures and masterpieces of Czech photography from the beginning to the end of the last century. Its 517 plates include not only the most historically important photographs and photo-montages, but also works that have lain buried in archives and rare books, or photographs published for the first time. Hardcover396 pages; 251 color images; 36 b/w images; 266 tritone imagesKant, 201110 x 1.5 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9788074370274Photography, History, Czech Artists

Czech Photography of the 20th Century

By Peter Gay “Not a single paragraph is superfluous. His inquiry rivets without let up, powered by its unremitting candor.”—Frederic Morton, Los Angeles Times Book Review“[Gay’s] writing is smooth, a sound historian’s instrument…Gay’s story could hardly be anything other than interesting, and one is glad about the happy outcome of his family’s afflictions and his own feeling that his gift has been ‘an astonishing gift.’”—Frank Kermode, The New York Times Book Review"Peter Gay’s account of his boyhood in Nazi Germany is written with the sensitivity for hidden meanings and implications one would expect of him. . . . It is becoming ever more difficult to recapture the dire atmosphere of the 1930s, and the analytical abstractions of present-day historiography are sometimes deficient in realism. Gay’s book provides a valuable antidote."—Edgar Feuchtwanger, Journal of Jewish Studies In this poignant book, a renowned historian tells of his youth as an assimilated, anti-religious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939—"the story, " says Peter Gay, 'of a poisoning and how I dealt with it.' Gay describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner, and he explores his own ambivalent feelings—then and now—toward Germany and the Germans. Even before the events of 1938-39, culminating in Kristallnacht, the family was convinced that they must leave the country. Gay describes the bravery and ingenuity of his father in working out the agonizing emigration process, the courage of the non-Jewish friends who helped his family during their last bitter months in Germany, and the family's mounting panic as they witnessed the indifference of other countries to their plight and that of others like themselves. Gay's account—marked by candor, modesty, and insight—adds an important and curiously neglected perspective to the history of German Jewry. Paperback208 pagesYale University Press, 19999.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inchesISBN 9780300080704Autobiographical, Memoir, German History

My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin

By Robert WalserTranslated by Christopher Middleton "The poems also give us Walser’s manner in concentrated miniature, and it could be that rhyme—joining the disparate, cultivating the arbitrary - is at the heart of what he is doing. They are odd, whimsical, insouciant things, exhilarating in their ability to be what they are."—The Times Literary Supplement"The magnificently humble. The enormously small. The meaningfully ridiculous. Robert Walser’s work often reads like a dazzling answer to the question, How immense can modesty be?"—Rivka Galchen, Harper’s MagazineIn a small, exquisite clothbound format resembling the early Swiss and German editions of Walser’s work, Thirty Poems collects famed translator Christopher Middleton’s favorite poems from the more than five hundred Walser wrote. The illustrations range from an early poem in perfect copperplate handwriting, to one from a 1927 Czech-German newspaper, to a microscript.Hardcover64 pagesNew Directions, 20125.3 x 0.4 x 7.3 inchesISBN 9780811220019Poetry

Thirty Poems

By Norbert Wolf "The Art Nouveau movement covered it all--decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising and more--and this book seeks to restore the movement's prominence in the discussion of modern art." —Los Angeles Times"The book explores the origins of art nouveau, possible theories as to its demise, and the all-important quandary that has plagued art historians for over a century: Is art nouveau a true artistic period?" —The Washington Post"Tall, narrow, with an elegant linear design like that of the aesthetic it celebrates, this book is a gorgeous object, with top-quality reproductions. Norbert Wolf’s commentary is provocative, broad and deep, illuminating links between artists, architects and designers as diverse as Munch and Mondrian, Gaudí and Gallé." —Jackie Wullschlager, Financial TimesThis sumptuous volume explores key aspects of Art Nouveau—decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising, and more—with an in-depth approach and stunning illustrations. The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life. For decades critics have argued that Art Nouveau was not an artistic period in its own right, but an amalgam of artists and styles that served as a bridge between neoclassicism and modernism. In this comprehensive, authoritative, and copiously illustrated book, art historian Norbert Wolf explores Art Nouveau as a logical outgrowth of the historic forces in which it arose. This book focuses on the movement's wide variety of applications and reclaims its prominence in the pantheon of modern art history. Chapters on aesthetics, spirituality, and the cult of beauty offer luminous examples of works by Mucha, Gaudi, Hoffman, Klimt, Horta, Munch, and Tiffany, among many others. Wolf's text is both informed and accessible, providing an exciting narrative that brings the Art Nouveau movement into clear focus. Beautifully produced to appeal to a wide range of readers, this new volume gives one of the world's most popular styles the serious consideration it deserves. Hardcover304 pages, 241 color illustrationsPrestel Publishing, 20158.9 x 1.2 x 12.7 inchesISBN 9783791381558Art Nouveau, Aesthetics

Art Nouveau

By Colleen Carroll Each volume in this innovative series is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. The works of art chosen for each book show the many different ways great artists have perceived and expressed that very subject. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created. Hardcover48 pagesAge range: 6–12 Abbeville Kids, 20037.8 x 0.5 x 9.5 inchesISBN 9780789207739Art History, History

How Artists See Heroes: Myth, History, War, Everyday

Edited by Eric Dluhosch and Rostislav Svacha "Tiege was at one and the same time both an agent provocateur and seismograph, at once provoking action and debate and yet simultaneously reacting with the utmost sensitivity to the shifting political spectrum of his time." —Kenneth Frampton Karel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important argument and controversy of those turbulent years. He edited the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and international cultural affairs and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scripts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances. When the Communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948, Teige was first hailed as a progressive, then denounced for not toeing the party line—even though he was never a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. He died a broken man, forbidden to speak out or to publish. Since the recovery of his work after the "velvet revolution" of 1989, his legacy has been revived not only in Prague, but also in Western Europe and the United States. Teige firmly believed in an ars una, free of the artificial separation of one branch of the arts from the other. The concept of ars una is reflected in the essays of this book, which provide intellectual riches without overly compartmentalized attempts at "academic" criticism. Because the only significant writing by Teige to appear so far in English is his well-known argument with Le Corbusier, the Mundaneum Affair, four essays by Teige have been included. Contributors: Polana Bregantová, Lenka Bydzovská, Rumjana Daceva, Eric Dluhosch, Vojtech Lahoda, Miroslav Petrícek, Jr., Klaus Spechtenhauser, Karel Srp, Rostislav Svácha, Daniel Weiss Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover446 pagesMIT Press, 19999.6 x 10.1 x 1.3 inchesISBN 9780262041706Artist Monograph

Karel Teige / 1900-1951;  L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde

Original Price: $28.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By Ralph Freedom"Lively and detailed."—Michael Hofmann, New York Times Book Review"What Freedman's book does, and more thoroughly than any of the other biographies, is to retell Rilke's story meticulously and with a welcome attention to the circumambient social and political circumstances."—Michael André Bernstein, New Republic"An extraordinary accomplishment—a scrupulous, attentive, and beautifully written account of the life and work of one of this century's greatest, yet most elusive poets."—Mark StrandIn this outstanding biography, Freedman traces Rilke's extraordinary career by combining detailed accounts of salient episodes from the poet's restless life with an intimate reading of the verse and prose that refract them. Paperback640 pages | 65 halftonesNorthwestern University Press, 19986 x 2 x 9 inchesISBN 9780810115439 Biography

Life of a Poet: A Biography of Rainer Maria Rilke

By Hermann HesseTranslated by Ursule Molinaro “Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....Narcissus and Goldmund is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us.”—The New York Times Book Review“One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age.”—Kirkus ReviewsHermann Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediately drawn to his teacher’s fierce intellect and sense of discipline. When Narcissus persuades the young student that he is not meant for a life of self-denial, Goldmund sets off in pursuit of aesthetic and physical pleasures, a path that leads him to a final, unexpected reunion with Narcissus.Paperback315 pagesPicador Publishing, 2003Originally published in 19300.8 x 5.4 x 8.4 inchesISBN 9780312421670Historical Fiction

Narcissus and Goldmund

By Hermann Hesse Translated by James Wright “Hesse is a writer of suggestion, of nuance, of spiritual intimation.”—Christian Science Monitor“One of the defining spirits of our century.”—Ralph Freedman, Princeton UniversityFew American readers seem to be aware that Hermann Hesse, author of the epic novels Steppenwolf and Siddartha, among many others, also wrote poetry, the best of which the poet James Wright has translated and included in this book. This is a special volume—filled with short, direct poems about love, death, loneliness, the seasons—that is imbued with some of the imagery and feeling of Hesse’s novels but that has a clarity and resonance all its own, a sense of longing for love and for home that is both deceptively simple and deeply moving.Paperback79 pagesFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008Originally published in 19715.7 x 0.3 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9780374526412Poetry

Poems

By Kurt Gutenbrunner and Jane SigalPreface by Ronald S. LauderForeword by Renée PriceEssays by Janis StaggsPhotography by Ellen SilvermanRecipes from Wallsé, Café Sabarsky and Blaue Gans "The Neue Galerie in New York is this tiny, well thought out museum focusing on the art of Vienna, and this publication is chef Gutenbrunner’s cookbook version of that establishment. Encompassing his love for Austrian food and Viennese cafes, the book includes recipes from three traditional restaurants: Wallsé, Café Sabarsky, and Blaue Gans. When you are done using it for dinner, it doubles as a coffee table art piece."―Zagat"What makes this book unique, though (besides its being one of the better Austrian cookbooks on the market), is that it's not just a reflection of Viennese food culture throughout the ages; it's also a portrait of the Neue Galerie museum and the art inside. Curator Janis Staggs has written a great overview of the art scene in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, and the book features many reproductions from the museum. A little food for thought, if you will."―Village VoiceSharing signature recipes from his beloved trio of New York City restaurants—Wallsé, Café Sabarsky, and Blaue Gans—acclaimed chef Kurt Gutenbrunner offers his modern take on his culinary heritage in Neue Cuisine: The Elegant Tastes of Vienna. One of the first cookbooks to feature not only Austrian cooking but also its sophisticated legacy of art and design, this book showcases the history and allure of the Viennese café and restaurant traditions that Gutenbrunner has brought to his own establishments.Neue Cuisine’s more than 100 delectable (and accessible) recipes include traditional Viennese specialties, as well as modern dishes highlighting the use of fresh-from-the-market ingredients. These are supplemented by an illuminating essay and a number of shorter informative texts about Wiener Werkstätte tableware and cooking techniques written by Janis Staggs, Associate Curator at the Neue Galerie.Beautifully photographed with period tabletop accessories and art from the Neue Galerie, this cookbook is destined to become a classic; it captures the singular elegance of a dynamic period and culture.“Everyone should know what a wonderful piece of apple strudel tastes like, or a crunchy light Wiener Schnitzel. To have created a home for this kind of food—and wine and culture—at Wallsé, Café Sabarsky, and Blaue Gans just makes me happy."— Kurt GutenbrunnerHardcover224 pages150 color illustrations9.1 x 1.1 x 10.9 inchesISBN 9780847835621Cooking, Austrian Cuisine

Neue Cuisine: The Elegant Tastes of Vienna

Translated by Peter Wortsman Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most haunting German stories from the past 200 years. Ranging from the Romantics of the early nineteenth century to works of contemporary fiction, it includes Hoffmann's hallucinatory portrait of terror and insanity The Sandman; Chamisso's influential black masterpiece Peter Schlemiel, where a man barters his own shadow; Kafka's chilling, disturbing satire In the Penal Colony; the Dadaist surrealism of Kurt Schwitters' The Onion; and Bachmann's modern fairy tale The Secrets of the Princess of Kagran. Macabre, dreamlike and expressing deep unconscious fears, these stories are also spiked with unsettling humour, showing stylistic daring as well as giving insight into the darkest recesses of the human condition. Peter Wortsman's powerful translations are accompanied by brief overviews of the lives of each author, and an introduction discussing the notion of 'angst' and the stories' place in the context of German history. Paperback372 pagesPenguin Classics, 20135.1 x 0.9 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9780141198804Short Stories

Tales of the German Imagination

By Lucy R. Lippard A protest against the brutality of World War I and a rejection of traditional culture and aesthetics, the Dada movement proclaimed itself as anti-art. In the visual arts, literature, and graphic design, the Dadas shocked and scandalized audiences of the early 1900s with their expressions of disillusionment with politics and society. This select anthology reconstructs the movement's anarchic history and its harsh, vivid spirit by presenting the prose, poetry, and polemic of the artists themselves and their poet friends. Focusing chiefly on visual artists, this collection ranges from Tristan Tzara's manifesto and Jean Arp's declaration of Dada principles to statements by Man Ray and Jean Cocteau. It features interviews with Hannah Höch and Marcel Duchamp, in addition to articles by Max Ernst, Richard Hülsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Hans Richter, George Grosz, and other prominent figures. Editor Lucy R. Lippard—a well-known feminist art critic, author, and theorist—provides brief biographies for each contributor. These absorbing and provocative insights into Dada philosophy illustrate the movement's enduring vitality and its continuing power to affect modern art. Paperback192 pagesDover Publications, reprint edition 2007Original publish date 19715.4 x 0.4 x 8.4 inchesISBN 9780486456997Dada, Art Theory

Dadas on Art; Tzara, Arp, Duchamp and Others

By Pamela Kort A founding member of the early twentieth century German avant garde artists' group Die Brücke, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner moved to Berlin in 1912 and became enthralled by what he called "the symphony of the great city." He responded to the intensity of Berlin's street life by recording the urban spectacle around him--most notably in "Berlin Street Scene" (1913-14), which is widely considered one of the greatest German paintings of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated, scholarly volume--written and edited by the noted independent curator and art historian Pamela Kort--provides a full exploration of the history and significance of Kirchner's masterpiece. Featuring full reproductions and details of "Berlin Street Scene" and other related artworks, as well as plentiful documentary photographs and supporting materials, this volume illuminates the ominous force of nervous energy and sexual tension that Kirchner sensed lurking beneath the veneer of civilized life. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover92 pagesNeue Galerie New York, 20080.6 x 9.1 x 11.3 inchesISBN 9781931794152Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Painting, German History, Urban Studies

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Berlin Street Scene

By Ian Roberts "An extremely accessible study of the major works associated with German expressionist cinema. The book provides lucid accounts of several prominent films coupled with illuminating background information about the filmmakers." —Brad Prager, University of Missouri"The book certainly achieves its goal, which is to reveal the contours of Weimar cinema... Recommended." —ChoiceBefore Hollywood's golden age, German expressionist film was arguably the most important cinematic movement in the medium's history. These 'symphonies of... iridescent movement' of Weimar cinema provide some of cinema's most iconic images, and its vivid contrasts and dark spaces constitute a major influence on Hollywood classics such as CITIZEN KANE (1941) and SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950). This volume also offers insights into the technical and thematic developments of the Weimar film. Covering classics such as THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI (1920) and NOSFERATU (1922) as well as under-appreciated examples such as ASPHALT (1929), this volume forms an essential introduction to one of cinema's most historically important movements. Paperback144 pages Wallflower Press, 20086 x 0.5 x 8 inches ISBN 9781905674602 Film, Expressionism

German Expressionist Cinema: The World of Light and Shadow

Edited By Gunter Busch and Liselotte Von Reinken "An individual history so potently expressive of a wider general condition that the life assumes the proportions of a monument or of a significant work of art. . . . [The book's] appeal is in the quintessentially human dilemma it poses, which any reader must share. Paula Modersohn-Becker's letters and journals present us with a stunning insight into a struggle of intense interest for her time and for our own."—New York Times Book Review"The publication of this comprehensive, well-translated, superbly edited and annotated edition is a major event in art book publishing."—Publishers Weekly One of the great modern painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer who left behind journals and a sizable correspondence. This edition includes every extant letter, all carefully annotated, and is illustrated with forty-six black and white plates.Paperback576 pagesNorthwestern University Press, 19986 x 1.5 x 9 inchesISBN 9780810116443Artist Monograph, Woman Artist

The Letters and Journals: Paula Modersohn-Becker

Edited by Peter NoeverDagobert Peche (1887-1923) was one of the key figures of the Austrian arts and crafts movement. Along with Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, Peche determined the character of the Wiener Werkstätte with his designs. This catalog aims to expand the understanding of Austrian arts and crafts at the turn of the twentieth century and to give Peche’s work—which ranges from interior and exhibition design to furniture, fashion and textile design, ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewelry, and wallpaper—its proper due in this rich context. Please note that this book is Out of Stock.Hardcover512 pages | color and black-and-white illustrationsNeue Galerie New YorkYale University Press, 20029.5 x 1.8 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9781931794077Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Design

Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte

By Peter Selz "Selz has given us the final documentation of the Expressionist movement. Based on a thorough investigation of all documents available, on personal and written interviews with the surviving artists or members of their families, the book has established the story of the unfolding of Expressionism step by step." —Journal of Aesthetics and Criticism "Mr. Selz has undertaken an exhaustive examination of the movement in Dresden, Munich, and Vienna . . . he uncovers much that is unfamiliar and presents what we already know in a meaningful historical perspective. His scholarship is dazzling and will earn him the gratitude of everyone who works in the field." —Yale ReviewFirst published in 1957, German Expressionist Painting was the first comprehensive study of the most pivotal movements in the art of 20th century. When it was written, however, German Expressionism seemed like an eccentric manifestation far removed from what was then considered the mainstream of modern art. But as historians well know each generation alters the concept of mainstream to encompass those aspects of the past which seem most relevant to the present. The impact of German Expressionism on the art and thought of later generations could never have been anticipated at the time of the original writing of this book.Peter Selz is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his many books are Nathan Oliveira (California, 2002), Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sculptor (1999), Beyond the Mainstream (1996), and Art in Our Times (1981). Paperback512 pagesUniversity of California Press, 19746 x 1 x 9.5 inchesISBN 9780520025158Expressionism

German Expressionist Painting

By Colleen Carroll Each volume in this innovative series is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. The works of art chosen for each book show the many different ways great artists have perceived and expressed that very subject. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created. Hardcover48 pagesAge range: 6–12 Abbeville Kids7.6 x 0.5 x 9.3 inchesISBN 9780789203939Art History, History

How Artists See Play: Sports, Games, Toys, Imagination

By Colleen Carroll "Carrolls series... eclipses the competition... "How Artists See" has the makings of a classic—a core experience for budding art enthusiasts to build on."—Publishers Weekly"Wow! . . . It just doesn't get any better than this."—Children's Literature Choice List Each volume in this innovative series is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. The works of art chosen for each book show the many different ways great artists have perceived and expressed that very subject. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created. Hardcover48 pagesAge range: 6–12 Abbeville Kids7.5 x 0.4 x 9.3 inchesISBN 9780789204769Art History

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