The End of Expressionism

Download or read book The End of Expressionism written by Joan Weinstein and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-06-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Weinstein explores the attitudes and organizations of artists and architects in Berlin, Munich, and Dresden in response to the tumultuous events associated with the end of WWI and the (failed) Revolution. She traces the initial excitement and zeal and then the disillusionment as utopian dreams were dimmed by social, political, and military realities as well as by inherent contradiction within the arts movements itself. The accompanying b&w illustrations, fascinating in themselves, directly depict textual themes."—Booknews