--- Lia Hestina <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:
> Datum: Fri, 5 May 2006 13:05:07 +0100
> Von: Lia Hestina <[log in to unmask]>
> Betreff: NBA: Neue Sachlichkeit 1918-33: Unity and
> Diversity of an Art Movement. By Steve Plumb.
> An: [log in to unmask]
>
> Editions Rodopi BV is pleased to announce the
> following new publications
> in German Studies:
>
> * Neue Sachlichkeit 1918-33:
> Unity and Diversity of an Art Movement.
> Steve Plumb
> Amsterdam/New York, NY 2006. 165 pp.
> (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und
> Vergleichenden
> Literaturwissenschaft 104)
> ISBN-10: 90-420-2019-9 Paper Euro 35,-/ US$
> 46.-
> ISBN-13: 978-90-420-2019-1
> Online Info:
> http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=IFAVL+104
>
> More Info:
> Neue Sachlichkeit is thought by many to have too
> many diverse elements to
> be a unified movement. Originally divided by G.F.
> Hartlaub into
> two ‘wings’, Neue Sachlichkeit has since been broken
> down by critics into
> more groups, sometimes with opposing styles or
> regional influences.
> However, the importance of these divisions has
> rarely been explored in
> depth. Unlike previous surveys, which accept Neue
> Sachlichkeit as a
> divided entity, this book shows for the first time
> that in spite of its
> divisions, it may still be regarded as a unified,
> coherent movement.
> While different artists may have sought to express
> different specific
> concerns, what they all had in common was that they
> were uncomfortable
> with the world as it stood, and it is the way that
> this was expressed,
> making use of the object, that gave Neue
> Sachlichkeit its unity. This was
> just as true of the literature and photography of
> Neue Sachlichkeit, where
> the same themes as those found in the painting were
> frequently used. The
> fact that these are shared themes across different
> cultural media
> demonstrates that Neue Sachlichkeit reflected a mood
> of its time, and this
> book explores the ways in which this mood was
> expressed.
>
> Steve Plumb was awarded his PhD by the University of
> Sunderland in 2002.
> He has published on numerous aspects of European
> culture from the
> seventeenth century to the present.
>
> Contents
> Illustrations
> Abbreviations
> Acknowledgements
> 1. Introduction
> 2. Art of its Time. The Great War and the Weimar
> Republic
> 3. Neue Sachlichkeit Defined?
> 4. A Theoretical Approach
> 5. A Thematic Approach
> 6. The New Photography
> 7. Neue Sachlichkeit Literature
> 8. Neue Sachlichkeit, Modern Art, and National
> Socialism
> 9. Conclusion
> Bibliography
> Index
>
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> http://www.rodopi.nl
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