{"product_id":"1920s-berlin-9783836550505","title":"1920s Berlin","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the decade of \u003cstrong\u003edaring Expressionist canvases\u003c\/strong\u003e, of brilliant book design, of the \u003cstrong\u003eBauhaus \u003c\/strong\u003etotal work of art, of pioneering psychology, of \u003cstrong\u003edrag balls\u003c\/strong\u003e, cabaret, \u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Dietrich\u003c\/strong\u003e's rising star in theater and silent film. Between the paroxysms of two world wars, Berlin in the 1920s was a \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ecarpe diem\u003c\/em\u003e cultural heyday\u003c\/strong\u003e, replete with groundbreaking art, invention, and thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book immerses readers in the \u003cstrong\u003efreewheeling spirit of Berlin's Weimar age\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through exemplary works in painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic design, photography, and film, we uncover the \u003cstrong\u003einnovations, ideas, and precious dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e that characterized this unique cultural window. We take in the jazz bars and dance halls; the\u003cstrong\u003e crowded \u003cem\u003ekinos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eflapper fashion\u003c\/strong\u003e; the advances in technology and transport; the radio towers and rumbling trams and trains; the soaring buildings; the\u003cstrong\u003e cinematic masterworks\u003c\/strong\u003e; and the \u003cstrong\u003enewly independent women who smoked cigarettes, wore their hair short, and earned their own money\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featured works in this\u003cstrong\u003e vivid cultural portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e include Hannah Höch's \u003cem\u003eThe Journalists\u003c\/em\u003e; Lotte Jacobi's \u003cem\u003eHands on Typewriter\u003c\/em\u003e; Otto Dix's \u003cem\u003ePortrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden\u003c\/em\u003e; Peter Behrens's project of theAlexanderplatz; and Josef von Sternberg's \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cstrong\u003eescapist, idealistic, or reactionary masterworks\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetzger, Rainer:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rainer Metzger studied art history, history, and German literature in Munich and Augsburg. In 1994, he earned his Ph.D. on the subject of Dan Graham, and subsequently worked as a fine arts journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der Standard. He has written numerous books on art, including volumes on van Gogh and Chagall. Since 2004, he has worked as Professor of art history at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557272850706,"sku":"9783836550505","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e9921f0-45c6-4471-ba05-f5e9c9c16998.jpg?v=1731777398","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/1920s-berlin-9783836550505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}