Barnstone, Deborah Ascher
The break with the past : avant-garde architecture in Germany, 1910-1925 / Deborah Ascher Barnstone. - xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routlege Research in Architecture. . - Routlege Research in Architecture. .
"To Franziska Bollerey, my Doktor Mutter, for all her inspiration and help."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index (pages 209-213).
1. Introduction : Architecture in transition : Germany's avant-garde in World War 1 and the Weimar Republic 2. Bruno Taut : before the war 3. Bruno Taut : war years' resistance 4. Bruno Taut : leading the avant-garde 5. Walter Gropius : career beginnings 6. Walter Gropius : war service on the Western Front 7. Walter Gropius : rise to prominence 8. Erich Mendelsohn : a born revolutionary 9. Erich Mendelsohn : the war years 10. Erich Mendelsohn : after the war 11. Hans Scharoun : Bremen and Berlin 12. Hans Scharoun : on the Eastern Front 13. Hans Scharoun : the interwar years 14. Art and the revolution
Between 1918 and 1933 the German interwar avant-garde was a primary force driving European cultural innovation and modernism. These innovations continue to influence artistic practice, theory, and arts education today, thus making a comprehensive study of the relationship between individual war experience and the immediate response of avant-garde architects after the war all the more important.
The Break with the Past pursues several important, interrelated questions. What were the disparate war experiences of German architects, and did they have different effects on Weimar cultural production? Did political orientation play a part in support for the war? In aesthetic choices? What changes occurred in avant-garde architectural practice after 1918? How do they compare with pre-war positions and practices, and expectations for post-war outcomes? In order to address these questions, the book uses individual case studies of four leading architects: Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, and Hans Scharoun.
This is a valuable resource for academics and students in the areas of Art and Architecture History, German history and Cultural Studies, European Culture and Modernism. https://www.routledge.com/The-Break-with-the-Past-Avant-Garde-Architecture-in-Germany-1910/Barnstone/p/book/9780367207984
9781138101609 (paperback)
Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938 --Criticism and interpretation.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 --Criticism and interpretation.
Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 --Criticism and interpretation.
Scharoun, Hans, 1893-1972 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture--History--Germany--20th century
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--Germany--20th century
NA1068 / .B25 2018
The break with the past : avant-garde architecture in Germany, 1910-1925 / Deborah Ascher Barnstone. - xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routlege Research in Architecture. . - Routlege Research in Architecture. .
"To Franziska Bollerey, my Doktor Mutter, for all her inspiration and help."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index (pages 209-213).
1. Introduction : Architecture in transition : Germany's avant-garde in World War 1 and the Weimar Republic 2. Bruno Taut : before the war 3. Bruno Taut : war years' resistance 4. Bruno Taut : leading the avant-garde 5. Walter Gropius : career beginnings 6. Walter Gropius : war service on the Western Front 7. Walter Gropius : rise to prominence 8. Erich Mendelsohn : a born revolutionary 9. Erich Mendelsohn : the war years 10. Erich Mendelsohn : after the war 11. Hans Scharoun : Bremen and Berlin 12. Hans Scharoun : on the Eastern Front 13. Hans Scharoun : the interwar years 14. Art and the revolution
Between 1918 and 1933 the German interwar avant-garde was a primary force driving European cultural innovation and modernism. These innovations continue to influence artistic practice, theory, and arts education today, thus making a comprehensive study of the relationship between individual war experience and the immediate response of avant-garde architects after the war all the more important.
The Break with the Past pursues several important, interrelated questions. What were the disparate war experiences of German architects, and did they have different effects on Weimar cultural production? Did political orientation play a part in support for the war? In aesthetic choices? What changes occurred in avant-garde architectural practice after 1918? How do they compare with pre-war positions and practices, and expectations for post-war outcomes? In order to address these questions, the book uses individual case studies of four leading architects: Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, and Hans Scharoun.
This is a valuable resource for academics and students in the areas of Art and Architecture History, German history and Cultural Studies, European Culture and Modernism. https://www.routledge.com/The-Break-with-the-Past-Avant-Garde-Architecture-in-Germany-1910/Barnstone/p/book/9780367207984
9781138101609 (paperback)
Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938 --Criticism and interpretation.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 --Criticism and interpretation.
Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 --Criticism and interpretation.
Scharoun, Hans, 1893-1972 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture--History--Germany--20th century
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--Germany--20th century
NA1068 / .B25 2018