Expressionist utopias : paradise, metropolis, architectural fantasy

Author

Benson, Timothy O.; Frisby, David (Contributor); Heller, Reinhold (Contributor); Kaes, Anton (Contributor); Whyte, Iain Boyd (Contributor)

Document type

Livre (catalogue d'exposition)

Language

English

Source

Expressionist utopias : paradise, metropolis, architectural fantasy. 1993, 323 p., ill. (some col.); sel. bibliogr.; index

ISBN

0-295-97324-2

Publisher

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

This volume was prepared in conjunction with an exhibition exploring how the optimistic and forward-looking themes of utopia and fantasy sustained faith among artists and architects in the power of art to shape a better world during the tumultuous era surrounding World War I in Germany. When the construction of buildings there became nearly impossible, paper became the medium of the unbridled imagination. At the center of this activity were the "utopian architects" of the Working Council for Art and the Crystal Chain, whose architctural inventions ranged from ideal agrarian communities to futuristic worlds dependent on miraculous advances in technology for their creation or discovery. The exhibition presents the diverse manifestations of the utopia metaphor in its progression throughout Expressionism from arcadian to man-made utopias using selections from the realms of paradise, metropolis, architectural fantasy, anti-utopia, and film and stage. Includes a catalogue of 235 objects, mainly graphic arts plus some painting, sculpture and collage, ca.1895-1930.

Exhibition

• 21 Oct 1993-2 Jan 1994 ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Los Angeles (CA, USA) ; United States

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Germany
• Art
• Germany
• 1900-2000
• Expressionism
• Utopias
• Architecture
• Fantasy
• Exhibitions

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Allemagne
• Art
• Allemagne
• 1900-2000
• Expressionnisme
• Utopie
• Architecture
• Fantaisie
• Exposition

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00312885

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