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Modernity in Central Europe, 1918 -1945
(in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Matthew S. Witkovsky
Introduction by Peter Demetz
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| ‘Superb … a book to sit down with over a period of weeks, or months … extraordinary’ | | – B&W |
| ‘A wonderful introduction to this hugely influential period in photography’ | | – Hot Shoe |
It was in interwar central Europe that photography as a modern art form was established.
It fired the imagination of hundreds of progressive artists across Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary and Poland.
It became a symbol of modernity for millions through its use in magazines, newspapers, advertising and books.
Published to accompany an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this book presents the work that redefined the very notion of art and embodied at times a dizzying freedom from traditional social roles.
Familiar names such as László Moholy-Nagy, Josef Sudek and the Bauhaus are connected to a wealth of individuals and organizations whose influence is being recovered for the first time.
The perceptive text explores topics ranging from the avant-garde (surrealism, experimental photography) to popular culture (tabloids, sports, the ‘new woman’) to extremist politics and war. Particular attention is given to photomontage, a technique that epitomized the era and found broad acceptance among artists and mass media outlets.
Includes maps, biographies of the featured photographers, and a scholarly bibliography.
Matthew S. Witkovsky is assistant curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Peter Demetz is a literary historian and Professor Emeritus at Yale University.
Also of interest:
Berlin in the Twenties: Art and Culture 1918–1933
Martin Munkasci
Edward Weston: Forms of Passion – Passion of Forms
Photography: A Concise History
Bauhaus |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500543372 | | ISBN-13 978-0500543375 | | | | 29.2 x 24.0 cm | | Hardback | | 312pp | | 251 illustrations, 192 in colour | | First published 2007 | | | | £32.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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