German Expressionism Der Blaue Reiter and its legacies /

This book presents new research on the histories and legacies of the German Expressionist group Blaue Reiter, the founding force behind modernist abstraction. For the first time Blaue Reiter is subjected to a variety of novel inter-disciplinary perspectives, ranging from a philosophical enquiry into...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why does Der Blaue Reiter still matter? / Dorothy Price and Christopher Short
  • Is Der Blaue Reiter relevant for the twenty-first century? A discussion of anarchism, art and politics / Rose-Carol Washton Long
  • The dynamics of gendered artistic identity and creativity in Der Blaue Reiter / Shulamith Behr
  • The 'primitive' and the modern in Der Blaue Reiter almanac and the Folkwang Museum / Katherine Kuenzli
  • The 'savages' of Germany : a reassessment of the relationship between Der Blaue Reiter and Die Brücke / Christian Weikop
  • Kleinkunst and Gesamtkunstwerk in Munich and Zurich : Der Blaue Reiter and Dada / Deborah Lewer
  • Type/Face : Wassily Kandinsky and Walter Benjamin on language and perception / Annie Bourneuf
  • Feeling blue : Der Blaue Reiter, Francophilia and the Tate Gallery, 1960 / Nathan J. Timpano
  • Die Tunisreise : the legacy of Der Blaue Reiter in the art of Paul Klee and Nacer Khemir / Sarah McGavran.