Weimar surfaces : urban visual culture in 1920s Germany /

This study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual culture, analyzing the power that 1920s Germany holds for today's visual codes of consumerism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Janet, 1963-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Series:Weimar and now ; 27.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pprq4
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Modern Surface and Postmodern Simulation: A Retrospective Retrieval 1. Functionalist Façades: The Reformation of Weimar Architecture 2. Electric Stimulations: The Shock of the New Objectivity in Weimar Advertising 3. Into the Mouth of the Moloch: Weimar Surface Culture Goes to the Movies 4. The Display Window: Designs and Desires of Weimar Consumerism.