Format:
xiv, 295 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781640141049
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Content:
Once upon a time (or more specifically, in 1911!) there was an artist named Wassily Kandinsky who created the world's first abstract artwork and forever altered the course of art history - or so the traditional story goes. A good story, but not the full story. The Myth of Abstraction reveals that abstract art was envisioned long before Kandinsky, in the pages of nineteenth-century German literature. It originated from the written word, described by German writers who portrayed in language what did not yet exist as art. Yet if writers were already writing about abstract art, why were painters not painting it? To solve the riddle, this book features the work of three canonical nineteenth-century authors - Heinrich von Kleist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Gottfried Keller - who imagine, theorize, and describe abstract art in their literary writing, sometimes warning about the revolution it will cause not just in art, but in all aspects of social life. Through close readings of their textual images and visual analyses of actual paintings, Andrea Meyertholen shows how these writers anticipated the twentieth-century birth of abstract art by establishing the necessary conditions for its production, reception, and consumption. The first study to bring these early descriptions of abstraction together and investigate their significance, The Myth of Abstraction writes an alternative genealogy featuring the crucial role of literature in shaping abstract art in aesthetic, cultural, and social terms.of actual paintings, Andrea Meyertholen shows how these writers anticipated the twentieth-century birth of abstract art by establishing the necessary conditions for its production, reception, and consumption. The first study to bring these early descriptions of abstraction together and investigate their significance, The Myth of Abstraction writes an alternative genealogy featuring the crucial role of literature in shaping abstract art in aesthetic, cultural, and social terms.analyses of actual paintings, Andrea Meyertholen shows how these writers anticipated the twentieth-century birth of abstract art by establishing the necessary conditions for its production, reception, and consumption. The first study to bring these early descriptions of abstraction together and investigate their significance, The Myth of Abstraction writes an alternative genealogy featuring the crucial role of literature in shaping abstract art in aesthetic, cultural, and social terms.of actual paintings, Andrea Meyertholen shows how these writers anticipated the twentieth-century birth of abstract art by establishing the necessary conditions for its production, reception, and consumption. The first study to bring these early descriptions of abstraction together and investigate their significance, The Myth of Abstraction writes an alternative genealogy featuring the crucial role of literature in shaping abstract art in aesthetic, cultural, and social terms
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Meyertholen, Andrea The myth of abstraction Rochester, NY : Boydell & Brewer, 2021 ISBN 9781800102071
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Kleist, Heinrich von 1777-1811 Empfindungen vor Friedrichs Seelandschaft
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832
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Keller, Gottfried 1819-1890 Der grüne Heinrich
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Abstrakte Kunst
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Deutsch
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Literatur
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Kunst
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Abstraktion
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Geschichte 1800-1900
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Kleist, Heinrich von 1777-1811
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832
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Keller, Gottfried 1819-1890
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Abstrakte Kunst
