Kurt Schwitters Merzbau: The Cathedral of Erotic Misery - Couverture souple

Gamard, Elizabeth Burns

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1568981368 ISBN 13 : 9781568981369

Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 2000

Synopsis

Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau Discussing the "Merzbau" - an individual work of German-born artist Kurt Schwitters - this study investigates its physical evolution, hidden meanings, significance within the artist's oeuvre, and also explores its larger relation to German Expressionism and critical thought of the time.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

German artist Kurt Schwitters began constructing the Merzbau, a combination of collage, sculpture, and architecture, in a corner of his studio in Hannover, Germany in 1920. Also called the Cathedral of Erotic Misery, this was Schwitters's private world. It eventually took over his entire living quarters, the apartment above, and part of the yard, and was divided into rooms-the Biedermeier Room, the de Stijl Room, the Goethe Cave, the Mondrian Cave, and the Mies Cave, among others. It was destroyed during an Allied bombing raid in 1943.
Although the Merzbau is of essential importance in understanding the early Modern Movement, this is the first in-depth study in English of this structure. Elizabeth Burns Gamard discusses its physical evolution and its significance within the artist's oeuvre. She also investigates its larger relation to German Expressionism and romanticism and to critical thought of the time. This book offers an in-depth analysis of a single structure through original documents, drawings, and critical examination of the design process.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1568981368
• ISBN 13: 9781568981369
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 192