The Total Work of Art - Foundations, Articulations, Inspirations (Hardcover)

For two centuries, Gesamtkunstwerk-the ideal of the "total work of art"-has exerted a powerful influence over artistic discourse and practice, spurring new forms of collaboration and provoking debates over the political instrumentalization of art. Despite its popular conflation with the work of Richard Wagner, Gesamtkunstwerk's lineage and legacies extend well beyond German Romanticism, as this wide-ranging collection demonstrates. In eleven compact chapters, scholars from a variety of disciplines trace the idea's evolution in German-speaking Europe, from its foundations in the early nineteenth century to its manifold articulations and reimaginings in the twentieth century and beyond, providing an uncommonly broad perspective on a distinctly modern cultural form.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association
Release date:	July 2016
Editors:	David Imhoof • Margaret Eleanor Menninger • Anthony J. Steinhoff
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-78533-184-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-78533-184-1
Barcode:	9781785331848

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