It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant
book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering
psychology, of drag balls, cabaret, Metropolis, and Marlene
Dietrich's rising star in theater and silent film. Between the
paroxysms of two world wars, Berlin in the 1920s was a carpe diem
cultural heyday, replete with groundbreaking art, invention, and
thought. This book immerses readers in the freewheeling spirit of
Berlin's Weimar age. Through exemplary works in painting,
sculpture, architecture, graphic design, photography, and film, we
uncover the innovations, ideas, and precious dreams that
characterized this unique cultural window. We take in the jazz bars
and dance halls; the crowded kinos and flapper fashion; the
advances in technology and transport; the radio towers and rumbling
trams and trains; the soaring buildings; the cinematic masterworks;
and the newly independent women who smoked cigarettes, wore their
hair short, and earned their own money. Featured works in this
vivid cultural portrait include Hannah Hoech's The Journalists;
Lotte Jacobi's Hands on Typewriter; Otto Dix's Portrait of the
Journalist Sylvia von Harden; Peter Behrens's project of
theAlexanderplatz; and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel,
starring Dietrich as cabaret performer Lola Lola. Along the way, we
explore both the utopian yearnings and the more ominous economic
and political realities which fueled the era's escapist,
idealistic, or reactionary masterworks. Behind the bright lights
and glitter dresses, we see the inflation, factory labor, and
fragile political consensus that lurked beneath this golden era and
would eventually spell its savage end with the rise of National
Socialism. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series
has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever
published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art History series
features: approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory
captions a detailed, illustrated introduction a selection of the
most important works of the epoch, each presented on a two-page
spread with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as
well as a portrait and brief biography of the artist
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