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Statische Moderne
Zum Begriff der Statik in bildender Kunst, Literatur und Architektur in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
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Nicole Rettig
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German
Published/Copyright:
2022
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Contrary to the usual avant-garde narratives, which primarily revolve around dynamic processes, this volume explores the static side of modernism. Piet Mondrian, Oskar Schlemmer and Gottfried Benn are presented as "aesthetic staticians" who, like engineers, are in search of balance. Their works paradigmatically demonstrate that there is far more to the concept of statics than just mathematical formulae and technoid forms.
In addition to these three avant-gardists, numerous other artists and writers also have their say. In this way, a dazzling cultural and theoretical-historical panorama unfolds.
On the one hand, "static modernism" deals with the history and aesthetics of iron architecture, which are closely interwoven with mechanical statics, and on the other, it offers space for the search for harmony, tranquillity, universality and monumentality. The desire to create something static and therefore equilibristic is only at first glance something that is unpopular in an age of pure dynamism. On the contrary, it is clear that statics permeates and characterises classical modernism.
In addition to these three avant-gardists, numerous other artists and writers also have their say. In this way, a dazzling cultural and theoretical-historical panorama unfolds.
On the one hand, "static modernism" deals with the history and aesthetics of iron architecture, which are closely interwoven with mechanical statics, and on the other, it offers space for the search for harmony, tranquillity, universality and monumentality. The desire to create something static and therefore equilibristic is only at first glance something that is unpopular in an age of pure dynamism. On the contrary, it is clear that statics permeates and characterises classical modernism.
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Nicole Rettig, University of Konstanz, Germany.
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Frontmatter
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Danksagung
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Einleitendes
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Signaturen der Statik – Mondrian und die Moderne
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Intermezzo. Dadas statische Lyrik
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Immerzu austarieren! Oskar Schlemmer sucht Maß und Mitte
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Gottfried Benn und der Triumph der Statik
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Ausklang. Jean Tinguelys Manifest „Für Statik“ (1959)
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Schlusspunkt
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Abbildungsverzeichnis
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Abbildungsnachweis
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Literaturverzeichnis
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eBook published on:
January 19, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110730913
Hardcover published on:
January 31, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110735475
Paperback published on:
October 24, 2023
Paperback ISBN:
9783111356761
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
12
Main content:
285
Illustrations:
24
Coloured Illustrations:
10
eBook ISBN:
9783110730913
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110735475
Paperback ISBN:
9783111356761
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars in the fields of cultural studies, art history, literary studies; readers interested in architecture
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