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By Andrew S. Dolkart Neue Galerie New York opened in 2001 in a distinguished home: a 1913 Beaux-Arts mansion designed by Carrère and Hastings, one of the preeminent architectural firms of its era. The house was commissioned by William Starr and Edith Warren Miller, both members of old and established American families. It was later occupied by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III. The mansion was purchased in 1994 by Serge Sabarsky and Ronald Lauder, with the intention of turning it into a museum for German and Austrian art. Architect Annabelle Selldorf was given the considerable task of transforming the building into a modern museum. Architectural historian Andrew Dolkart recounts the colorful history of the building on its journey from mansion to museum. In the process, he illuminates the social changes of New York over the course of a century. Hardcover79 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkExpanded and revised edition, 20239.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inchesISBN 9781931794213 History, Architecture

1048 Fifth Avenue: From Mansion to Museum

By Friedrich Wolfrum and Co. The novelty of Art Nouveau derived in part from its innovative approach to the very concept of art. More than just a style, it eliminated the barriers between fine and applied arts and embodied a new way of thinking about modern society and production methods. Art Nouveau attempted nothing less than the redefinition of the meaning and nature of art. This multipurpose treasury features luxuriant patterns and designs that date from the early twentieth century, the heyday of Art Nouveau. Featuring both allover patterns and stand-alone designs, it consists of 49 full-page illustrations, plus eleven pages with numerous individual images. Handsomely reproduced from a rare Viennese publication, this inexpensive volume offers a sumptuous assortment of authentic designs from a revolutionary art movement. Paperback64 pagesDover Publications, 2005 8.4 x 0.2 x 10.7 inchesISBN 9780486445113Art Nouveau, Graphic Design, Decorative Arts

150 Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs

By Adolf MeyerWith a contribution by Walter Gropius, Georg MucheDesigned by László Moholy-Nagy (original German edition)Adolf Meyer was Walter Gropius’s right-hand man, his planner and close confidant. As early as 1910, they jointly created the Fagus Factory, one of the most important modernist buildings. The experimental single-family home “Haus am Horn” was built for the first Bauhaus exhibition, in the summer of 1923 in Weimar. The house was planned by Georg Muche (design) and the architectural department at the Bauhaus. Adolf Meyer and Walter March were responsible for construction management.The book about the project was compiled in the summer of 1924 and became the third volume of the Bauhausbücher. Following an essay by Walter Gropius that supplies information on the “Housing Industry,” Georg Muche presents the design of the model building. Adolf Meyer then describes its technical execution, giving details on the companies involved.The series is published with the generous support of the Rudolf-August Oetker-Stiftung.Hardcover82 pages | 60 illustrationsLars Müller Publishers, 20207 × 9 x 0.4 inchesISBN 9783037786277Bauhaus

A Bauhaus Experimental House (Bauhausbücher 3)

Contributions by Tommy Orange, Ali Smith, Naomi Alderman, Elif Batuman and Helen OyeyemiWhat happens when Kafka’s idiosyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary minds writing in English across the globe today? Find out in this anthology of brand-new Kafka-inspired short stories by prizewinning, bestselling writers.Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enigmatic geniuses of European literature. He’s been hailed a profit and a diagnostician, and a century after his death, his unique perspective on the anxieties, injustices, and rapidly shifting belief systems of the modern world continues to speak to our contemporary moment. From a future society who ask their AI servants to construct a giant tower to reach God; to an apartment search that descends into a comically absurd bureaucratic nightmare; to a population experiencing a wave of unbearable, contagious panic attacks, these ten specially commissioned stories are by turns mind-bending, funny, unsettling and haunting. Inspired by a twentieth-century visionary, they speak powerfully to the strangeness of being alive today.Paperback208 pagesCatapult, 20245.5 x 8.25 inchesISBN 9781646222636 Franz Kafka, Short Story Anthology

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (Ten Kafkaesque Short Stories)

Edited by Erika A. Metzger and Michael M. MetzgerContributors: Alan F. Keele, Erika and Michael Metzger, and George C. Schoolfield"The ten essays by eminent Rilke scholars succeed in their intent to move toward a new image of Rilke."—German Quarterly "This study is a wonderful, animated text, a lovely tribute to the poet's great humanity, and it should be included in any study of Rilke."—Colloquia Germanica"The cosmopolitan solitary is shown against the background of a developing modernistic culture, to which (Rilke) substantially contributed. The authors show profound insight into the many problems raised ... by work which combines the ineffable with the physical."—Modern Language StudiesRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the best-known German poet of his generation and is widely appreciated today by readers in Europe, the United States, and world-wide. Because of the inventiveness and musicality of his poetic language and the visionary intuition of his thinking, Rilke's influence extends well beyond poetry to include religion, philosophy, the social sciences, and the arts. His works have been widely translated into English, and new renderings of such poem cycles as "Duino Elegies" and "The Sonnets to Orpheus" appear frequently. Critics regard Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge as a seminal modern novel. The Companion to Rilke provides essential, up-to-date essays by top Rilke scholars on a wide range of the major aspects of Rilke's life and works. The volume follows the chronology of Rilke's career, emphasizing those works that have not been met with the greatest critical interest. Among the topics covered are: Rilke's life and thought; the writings before 1902; Das Stunden-Buch and Das Buch der Bilder; the Neue Gedichte, The Cornet and other brief narratives; Malte Laurids Brigge; The Duino Elegies; The Sonnets to Orpheus; Rilke as a poet in French; Rilke and the visual arts.Paperback323 pagesBOYE6, 20046 x 0.7 x 9 inchesISBN 9781571133021Literary Criticism

A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke

Original Price: $19 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By Amor Towles “A book that enchants on first reading and only improves on the second.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer “Towles gets good mileage from the considerable charm of his protagonist and the peculiar world he inhabits.”— The New Yorker In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose. Paperback496 pagesPenguin Books, 20191.3 x 5.4 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9780143110439Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

A Gentleman In Moscow

By Ronald Hayman "Compelling....Hayman captures...the extraordinary charisma of his subject."—Newsday"Likely to become the standard biography of the revolutionary psychoanalyst."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review"[M]eticulously researched...judicious....intelligently illuminates the private life Jung deliberately veiled in shadow."—The New York Times Book Review Carl Jung was one of the world's most influential psychoanalysts. With the exception of Freud, who chose him as the first president of the International Psychoanalytic Association, no psychologist has achieved more. Previous biographers have either made Jung an idol or condemned him for his failings. This "rounded, provocative, and revealing portrait of an extraordinary man and his extraordinarily influential ideas" (Washington Post Book World) neither ignores Jung's faults nor exaggerates them in investigating the most crucial paradoxes surrounding this enigmatic figure. "[C]aptur[ing] ... the extraordinary charisma of his subject" (Newsday), Ronald Hayman's impeccably researched work is "all the more effective for its detached tone that perfectly puts in proportion Jung's cruel, brilliant and crazy schemes" (The [London] Times). "Likely to become the standard biography of the revolutionary psychoanalyst" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), A Life of Jung offers a rare insight into how Jung's revolutionary ideas grew out of his own extraordinary experiences. Paperback561 pagesW.W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition, 20025.5 x 1.4 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9780393323221Biography, Psychology

A Life of Jung

By Frederic Morton “A remarkable and unusual slice of history.”—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times“As lush, beguiling, and charming as an emperor’s waltz”—Publisher’s Weekly On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed height of the Viennese Carnival, the handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and then himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo still. Frederic Morton, author of the bestselling Rothschilds, deftly tells the haunting story of the Prince and his city, where, in the span of only ten months, "the Western dream started to go wrong." In Rudolf's Vienna moved other young men with striking intellectual and artistic talents—and all as frustrated as the Prince. Among them were: young Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Theodor Herzl, Gustav Klimt, and the playwright Arthur Schnitzler, whose La Ronde was the great erotic drama of the fin de siecle. Morton studies these and other gifted young men, interweaving their fates with that of the doomed Prince and the entire city through to the eve of Easter, just after Rudolf's body is lowered into its permanent sarcophagus and a son named Adolf Hitler is born to Frau Klara Hitler. Paperback352 pagesPenguin Books, 19805 x 0.6 x 7.1 inchesISBN 9780140056679Austrian History

A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889

By Yevgenia Nayberg “Illustrated in dynamic, mostly primary colors that mirror Florine’s customary palettes. . . A passionate ode to a pioneering female artist whose influence endures and inspires.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review A young girl forms a special connection to the modernist painter Florine Stettheimer, and imagines herself joining in on Florine’s exciting life. When a young girl visits the museum, she finds an unexpected friend in a self-portrait of Florine Stettheimer. They’re both artists; they both have Jewish families; they even look alike! Florine’s life was wild and glamorous. She painted people in flight and buildings that grew from the ground like crooked trees, bright colors and shapes and animals. She threw parties frequented by other famous visionaries like Marcel Duchamp and Carl Van Vechten. Soon, our narrator is dreaming up her own fantastical parties for Florine, with table spreads of colorful treats, and painting and dancing and poetry. With Florine in her life, even a rainy day can’t make the world seem humdrum anymore. A Party for Florine is an unapologetically whimsical fan letter to an artist whose influence is clear in Sydney Taylor Honoree Yevgenia Nayberg’s captivating illustrations. Dreamers, creators, and budding modernists will be drawn into the young protagonist’s party just as strongly as she is drawn into Stettheimer’s paintings. Hardcover40 pagesAge range: 4-8 yearsNeal Porter Books, 20248.62 x 0.41 x 11.24 inchesISBN 9780823454105Children's Book

A Party for Florine: Florine Stettheimer and Me

By Veena Duncker, Lynn Springer Roberts, Reinhard Sanger, Eric Turner, and Mienke Simon Thomas. Original Price: $55.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Silver has been a cherished heirloom and gift for centuries. Historians claim that by 3100 B.C. ambassadors to the Egyptian king from Crete brought silver vases as gifts. Today, sterling silver is a favorite medium for creative and innovative designers because of its malleability. The mystical white metal has marked historical milestones throughout the ages, served as a medium of exchange and become an essential metal in today's world of high-tech consumer goods. Part of silver's intrigue is found in its versatility. Its unique properties include beauty, strength, sensitivity to light, malleability and ductility, electrical and thermal conductivity, reflectivity and the ability to endure extreme temperature changes. These properties allow scientists and engineers around the world to undertake groundbreaking research that changes the way we live. This generously illustrated volume presents almost 200 beautiful and rare pieces of utilitarian silver from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period, selected from a private silver collection. It brings together objects by various renowned silversmiths, including Christopher Dresser, Charles Robert Ashbee, Omar Ramsden and Alwin Carr, and Edward Spencer, Henry Wilson and Paul Cooper. American silversmiths include the Kalo Shop, the International Silver Company of Meriden, The Gorham Manufacturing Company and Howard Crisp. The color photographs of the objects are accompanied by extensive captions, monograms and hallmarks, providing substantial new information. In addition, A Personal Touch includes essays by silver specialists: Eric Turner, of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, examines reforms in the work of English silversmiths and describes the pieces in this collection that illustrate these developments. Lynn Springer Roberts, former curator at The Art Institute of Chicago, writes about American silverware from the early 20th century, and Reinhard Sanger, of the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, focuses on continental silver, paying special attention to beautifully decorated cutlery. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover263 pagesNAi Publishers/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2003 12.9 x 9.7 x 1 inchesISBN 9789056623128Metalwork

A Personal Touch: Late 19th and 20th Century Silver From The Seawolf Collection

By Georg TraklTranslated by James ReidelBook Three of Our Trakl "Striking and still mysterious poems."—New York Review of Books"Not only a testament to the heavenly spiral of the biographic, and all that it can provide in weight and relief, but a re-envisioning of how that glass mountain may be perceived, in all its archetypal, quest-filled, damnation-evoked glory. The combination of the biographical research and the embodiment of it within the text is incredible."—Yellow RabbitsOrdered chronologically from 1909 to 1915, A Skeleton Plays Violin collects the work of expressionist poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914,) including unfinished poems and significant variations. Interpolated through this volume is a biographical essay that provides more information about Trakl's life, especially as it relates to his poetry. The darkness of his work parallels what is known of his lifetime, which was short and plagued by addiction, as well as the tumult of the first world war, which he experienced first-hand as a medic. Included is "Grodek," one of Trakl's most famous works, which is named for the 1914 battle between the Austro-Hungarian and Russian armies. Although most of his recognition came posthumously, Trakl had significant impact on his contemporaries, such as Else Lasker-Schüler and Ludwig Wittgenstein. His involvement in both the Viennese cultural scene and front-line warfare placed him in some of the most pivotal moments of his era, and his work is an essential member of the expressionist canon. Hardcover270 pagesSeagull Books, 20175 x 8.5 x 1.1 inchesISBN 9780857424297Poetry

A Skeleton Plays Violin

By Patrick Leigh Fermor Introduction by Jan Morris "The finest traveling companion we could ever have...His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure."—Christopher Hudson, Evening Standard "The greatest of living travel writers...an amazingly complex and subtle evocation of a place that is no more."—Jan MorrisThis beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor's book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed—through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube.At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come. Paperback344 pagesNYBR Classics, 2005Originally published 1977 5.1 x 8 inchesISBN 9781590171653European Literature, Travel Essays, Autobiography

A Time of Gifts

By Magda SzabóTranslated by Len Rix “The English edition of Abigail is as welcome as it is overdue. Len Rix’s translation is deft, but Szabó’s frank, conversational prose takes a back seat to her sinuous plotting: The novel unspools its secrets over many pages, and the resulting tour de force is taut with suspense. . . . Nothing could ruin a book so humane—but to resolve the novel’s central mysteries, especially the enigma of Abigail’s identity, would be to diminish some of its breathless urgency. To learn the truth, you must consult Abigail herself.” —Becca Rothfeld, The New York Times Book Review“A tense, intimate narrative that brilliantly depicts youthful innocence ensnared by lethal menace . . . Szabó the magician reveals, for an instant, time, history and human folly, all glimpsed through a child’s clear eyes.” —Anna Mundow, The Wall Street Journal From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go away on a mission and that he will be sending her to boarding school in the country. She is even more aghast at the grim religious institution to which she soon finds herself consigned. She fights with her fellow students, she rebels against her teachers, finds herself completely ostracized, and runs away. Caught and brought back, there is nothing for Gina to do except entrust her fate to the legendary Abigail, as the classical statue of a woman with an urn that stands on the school’s grounds has come to be called. If you’re in trouble, it’s said, leave a message with Abigail and help will be on the way. And for Gina, who is in much deeper trouble than she could possibly suspect, a life-changing adventure is only beginning.There is something of Jane Austen in this story of the deceptiveness of appearances; fans of J.K. Rowling are sure to enjoy Szabó’s picture of irreverent students, eccentric teachers, and boarding-school life. Above all, however, Abigail is a thrilling tale of suspense. Paperback352 pagesNYRB Classics; Reprint edition, 2020Originally published in 19705 x 0.8 x 7.9 inchesISBN 9781681374031Coming-of-Age, Fiction

Abigail

Adalberta Kiessewetter (1887-Unknown, after 1948)Dromedary Enclosure. Schönbrunn: In the Menagerie, 1912Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 663 1 card and envelope4 ¾ x 6 ⅞ inches

Adalberta Kiessewetter,Dromedary Enclosure. Schönbrunn: In the Menagerie, 1912 [Single Card]

Adalberta Kiessewetter (1887-unknown) Schönbrunn: On Sunday Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 659

Adalberta Kiessewetter: On Sunday [Postcard]

By Kathrine Kressmann TaylorIntroduction by Margot Livesey A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany. In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power. Originally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. Credited with exposing the dangers of Nazism to American readers early on, it is also a scathing indictment of fascist movements around the world and a harrowing exposé of the power of the pen as a weapon. A powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendship—and society—poisoned by extremism, Address Unknown remains hauntingly and painfully relevant today. Paperback96 pagesHarper Collins, 2021Originally published in 19385 x 7 x .4 inchesISBN 9780063068490Novella

Address Unknown

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 (detail) Matte laminate finish2.75” x 8.25”1 bookmark

Adele Bloch-Bauer Bookmark

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907. 100 Piece Puzzle, 12x12 inches

Adele Bloch-Bauer I Jigsaw Puzzle

By Claire Beck LoosTranslated by Constance C. Pontasch and Nicholas Saunders "Claire [Beck Loos]'s book reveals a sharp eye for capturing personality, story and zeitgeist."―Stewart Oksenhorn, Arts Editor, Aspen Times"A valuable fine-grained portrait…The English translation of her book is fluent and accurate, conveying well the tone of Claire Loos’ original (which, in turn, to some extent mimics Loos’ own writing style). Richly informative."―Christopher Long, West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture"Claire Beck Loos, a gifted photographer and writer…reveals much about her ex-husband’s mercurial persona in a series of conversationally-toned vignettes….Claire died tragically at 38, at the Riga concentration camp; her memoir thus becomes a haunting tribute not only to Loos's talents, but to her own..."―Judy Pollan, Modernism Magazine Adolf Loos—A Private Portrait is an unusual, literary biography featuring lively, often humorous, “snapshots” of Viennese-Czechoslovak architect Adolf Loos. An intimate collection of vignettes reveal Loos’ personality, temperament and philosophy during the last years of his life (1929-1933) and the ways in which he helped shape Modern architecture. This translation, by Constance C. Pontasch and Nicholas Saunders, is the first English edition.The author, Claire Beck Loos, was a photographer and Adolf Loos’ last wife. She was born in 1904 in Czechoslovakia; her family were Jewish industrialists and important early clients of Loos, commissioning several apartments in Pilsen and works by the architect’s friend Oskar Kokoschka. In addition to being a biography of her husband, Adolf Loos—A Private Portrait also serves as a self-portrait of Claire, a vibrant young artist who died a tragic and untimely death at Riga, a Nazi concentration camp, in 1942. The book includes supplemental texts by Claire’s niece Janet Beck Wilson, biographical materials and previously unpublished artistic photographs by the author. Hardcover200 pagesDoppelHouse Press, 2011 1.8 x 1 x 7.1 inchesISBN 9780983254003Biography, Architecture

Adolf Loos — A Private Portrait

Adolf Loos (1870-1933) Mantelpiece clock, ca. 1902

Adolf Loos: Mantelpiece clock [Postcard]

By Peter Stephan JungkIllustrated by John Martinez This beautifully rendered children’s work tells the story of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the elegant daughter of a Viennese banking family who would grow up to marry the wealthy sugar manufacturer Ferdinand Bloch and later be immortalized in one of the greatest portraits of the twentieth century. Illustrated with all of the pattern, color, and gilt of fin-de-siècle Vienna, this sophisticated storybook is a delight for children and adults alike. Hardcover34 pagesAge range: 5–6Neue Galerie New York, 2009 9.3 x 11.3 x 0.4 inchesISBN 9781931794183Children's, Art History

Adorable Adele

Edited by Hans-Michael Koetzle Aenne Biermann (1898–1933) is regarded as one of the most important avant-garde photographers of the twentieth century. Together with Bauhaus artists such as Lucia Moholy and Florence Henri, she was represented in the pioneering exhibitions of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Then, in 1930, art critic and Biermann’s early patron Franz Roh dedicated to her a legendary monograph designed by Jan Tschichold, Aenne Biermann. 60 Photos. This classic work is now finally being made available once more, accompanied by commentary from photo historian and Biermann expert Hans-Michael Koetzle. As early as 1928, Roh was referring to Biermann as a “remarkable” photo artist who was attracting the attention of experts with her close-up pictures of plants. In the following years, Biermann, an autodidact of photography, became an important artist in photographic modernism. Her works created a haunting and aesthetically fascinating pictorial world filled with close-up views, extreme detail shots, and lighting contrasts. She mostly found her motifs in her immediate vicinity—in addition to the numerous still lifes with everyday objects and nature, she repeatedly photographed her children, their object world, and their activities. Many of these originals were lost during the Second World War, including the sixty photos in this book. Published to mark the Bauhaus jubilee in 2019, this book is an incredible tribute to a great woman artist of the modern age. Paperback104 pages | 61 halftones Hirmer Verlag, 2019 7 x 0.4 x 10 inches ISBN 9783777432427Artist Monograph, Photography, Bauhaus

Aenne Biermann: 60 photos

By Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, and Georg Lukacs With an afterword by Fredric Jameson "This is vital reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between art and socialism."—John Fowles, Philosophy"They are key texts in the study of modernism, of expressionist drama and of realism, and of many closely related general questions...It is genuinely an indispensable volume."—Raymond Williams"A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature."—Susan SontagAn intense and lively debate on literature and art between thinkers who became some of the great figures of twentieth-century philosophy and literature.No other country and no other period has produced a tradition of major aesthetic debate to compare with that which unfolded in German culture from the 1930s to the 1950s. In Aesthetics and Politics the key texts of the great Marxist controversies over literature and art during these years are assembled in a single volume. They do not form a disparate collection but a continuous, interlinked debate between thinkers who have become giants of twentieth-century intellectual history.Paperback256 pagesVerso, 20205 x 7.8 inches ISBN 9781788738583Theory

Aesthetics and Politics

By Irmgard Keun Translated by Anthea Bell Depicting a young woman's life in Nazi Germany, a masterpiece from the author of Child of All Nations "I cannot think of anything else that conjures up so powerfully the atmosphere of a nation turned insane" —Sunday Telegraph Arrested in Cologne for remarking that the Fuhrer looked sweaty, nineteen-year-old Sanna has fled to Frankfurt. But her troubles are far from over. Her best friend Gerti has fallen for a Jewish boy, her brother writes books that have been blacklisted, and her own aunt could turn her in to the authorities at any moment. Darkly humorous and utterly heart rending, this gripping novel vividly captures the terror and hysteria of pre-war Nazi Germany. Paperback 144 pagesPenguin Classics, 20207.8 x 5.04 inchesISBN 9780241391822Literature, Fiction

After Midnight

Edited by Christopher HaileyContributions by Antony Beaumont, Leon Botstein, Regina Busch, Nicholas Chadwick, Mark DeVoto, Douglas Jarman, Sherry Lee, and Margaret Notley "Hailey's introductory chapter is remarkable for the amount of evocative and trenchant detail he has managed to offer in a small space; it may well be the best writing about this milieu since Carl Schorske's Fin-de-Siecle Vienna thirty years ago. . . . It is an unexpected delight that a real portrait emerges in this volume."—William R. Braun, Opera News"[This collection] should be welcomed . . . as one of the most important and perceptive books on Berg to appear for many years."—Nicholas Baragwanath, Music and Letters"These translations alone make this a valuable contribution to our understanding of Berg the man as well as to Berg the composer."—Contemporary Review Alban Berg and His World is a collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism. His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold Schoenberg's musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the expressive nuance of late-Romantic tonal practice. The essays in this collection explore the specific qualities of Berg's brand of musical modernism, and present newly translated letters and documents that illuminate his relationship to the politics and culture of his era. Of particular significance are the first translations of Berg's newly discovered stage work Night (Nocturne), Hermann Watznauer's intimate account of Berg's early years, and the famous memorial issue of the music periodical 23. Contributors consider Berg's fascination with palindromes and mirror images and their relationship to notions of time and identity; the Viennese roots of his distinctive orchestral style; his links to such Viennese contemporaries as Alexander Zemlinsky, Franz Schreker, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold; and his attempts to maneuver through the perilous shoals of gender, race, and fascist politics. Paperback392 pagesPrinceton University Press, 2010 6 x 1 x 9 inchesISBN 9780691148564Music, Biography, Vienna, Essays

Alban Berg and His World

By Robert Elton Brooker III and Adam ErdeszForeword by Marton Orosz “Albert Kner is a hidden treasure of the design world, and deserves far greater recognition for his many achievements. This book presents not only his later, important work in package design and consumer research, but also explores his extensive work in graphic design when he was still living in Europe. Brooker and Erdész have done a superb job in presenting Kner’s remarkable life in all its phases; their narrative is supported by 112 inspiring illustrations in black-and-white and full color. A wonderful book from start to finish.” —Bruce Kennett, author and designer of W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design Albert Kner (1899-1976) invented hundreds of things we encounter in our daily lives, such as the cardboard six pack and the flip top cigarette box. Yet his name is almost unknown. He started his life in Hungary in the book arts, having designed and typeset his first book at age 12. His artistic training was interrupted by World War I, where he suffered a paralyzing war injury that forced him to tape one eye shut in order to sleep. He did not enter the family printing business, a decision that saved his life, but also led to decades of artistic struggle as a designer of books, posters, packaging, stage sets, and furniture. In 1940, with limited English, Albert emigrated to Chicago with his wife and two young children. Almost instantly he was hired as Design Director of the largest cardboard manufacturer in America. His charge: make cardboard beautiful. Hardcover222 pagesCorvina Books and the Club of Odd Volumes; First Edition, 2023ISBN 9789631369236Design

Albert Kner: Artist, Icon, Legend - Discovering His Legacy in Industrial Design

By Vivian Endicott Barnett “Alexei Jawlensky presents the chronological and thematic development of Jawlensky’s art from early figure painting to landscapes and from still lives to the late iconic portraits and fascinating meditations. An inherently fascinating and exceptionally informative study of a single artists work, influence, and career."―Midwest Book Review Focusing on one of the lesser known Expressionist artists of the Blue Rider movement, this richly illustrated book presents the colorful paintings of Alexei Jawlensky. Alexei Jawlensky (1864–1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a friend of Vasily Kandinsky, who he met in Munich when studying painting with Anton Azbè, and had close ties to the German Expressionist artists. This book illustrates how the artist was influenced, apart from the German Expressionists, by the art of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and the Fauves, and by Ferdinand Hodler. The book presents the chronological and thematic development of Jawlensky’s art from early figure painting to landscapes and from still lives to the late iconic portraits and fascinating meditations. Please note that this book is Out of Stock.Hardcover192 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20179.5 x 0.9 x 11.4 inchesISBN 9783791356389Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Expressionism, Art History, Essays

Alexei Jawlensky Exhibition Catalogue

Exhibition notecard for "Alexei Jawlensky."February 16 — May 29, 2017Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941)Byzantine Woman (Bright Lips), 19131 notecard and envelope5.75 x 8.75 inches

Alexei Jawlensky Exhibition Notecard [Large Single Card]

Original Price: $18.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941), Byzantine Woman (Bright Lips), 1913 Exhibition poster for "Alexei Jawlensky" 16 x 24 inches

Alexei Jawlensky Poster

By Alfred Ehrhardt "...an island of tranquil beauty in a cultural sea that was becoming increasingly barbaric." —Martin Parr, The PhotobookThe reprint of the book Das Watt (The Tidelands) from 1937, as an exclusive facsimile edition by Éditions Xavier Barral...is an ode to nature and a masterpiece of book art." —BINT, Photobooks Alfred Ehrhardt (1901–1984) taught at the Bauhaus between 1928 and 1933 alongside scenographer Oskar Schlemmer and painters Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky. Accused of Bolshevism in 1933 by the Nazis, Erhardt was forced to leave the Bauhaus. At that time he was working in painting, drawing and printmaking, but his exile precipitated a turn toward photography and film, of which the fundamentals he taught himself. In 1934, after leaving Germany, Ehrhardt produced his first photographic reportage—a series of spare, enigmatic images taken on the windswept sand dunes of the Curonian Spit along the Lithuanian-Russian border. This gorgeously produced book presents his works from that time. Strongly influenced by his years of modernist training at the Bauhaus, Ehrhardt’s photographs focus on the clear geometric patterns abundant in this seaside wilderness. Maritime landscapes, shells, corals and crystals offered a plethora of subjects from which Ehrhardt could produce stark, stylized compositions. Hardcover96 pagesText in German, French, and EnglishEditions Xavier Barral, 20140.8 x 10 x 12 inchesISBN 9782365110266Landscape Photography, Experimental Photography, Bauhaus

Alfred Ehrhardt: Das Watt

Original Price: $10.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), "Self-Observation," 1901-02 Exhibition poster for "Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897-1909" 16 x 19.5 inches

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Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) Die Promenade (The Promenade), ca. 1904-05

Alfred Kubin: Die Promenade (The Promenade) [Postcard]

Edited by Annegret HobergWith contributions by Annegret Hoberg, Klaus Albrecht Schroder, Peter Assmann, Andreas Geyer, Werner Hofmann, and Olaf PetersAlfred Kubin (1877-1959) created drawings that plumb the depths of the shadow world of the human subconscious, with its unguarded impulses and fears. Though a contemporary of artist Gustav Klimt and designer Josef Hoffmann, Kubin eschewed the decorative impulses found in their work. Instead, he produced dark, hallucinatory visions of violence and eroticism.This catalogue accompanied an exhibition that featured more than 100 works on paper. Essays examine the artist’s early career, his status as a literary figure, and his development of a form of Modernism that ran counter to prevailing trends. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover230 pagesNeue Galerie New York Prestel, 200811.5 x 9.4 x 1 inchesISBN 9783791340944Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Illustration, Expressionism, Essays

Alfred Kubin: Drawings 1897-1909 Exhibition Catalogue

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) Sterben (Dying), ca. 1899

Alfred Kubin: Sterben (Dying) [Postcard]

Edited by Elizabeth DutzText by Elizabeth Dutz, Brigitte Holzinger and Natalie Lettner For Austrian artist Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), evil was intrinsic to his life and work. After a traumatic childhood growing up in Zell am See and subsequent mental crises, he began his artistic training in Munich in 1898. He processed his nightmares and obsessions in a large number of fantastical drawings. His subjects, perpetually pessimistic, remain relevant a century later: war, famine, pestilence, death and every horror in between. Kubin had a pronounced fear of the feminine, sexuality, night time and of being at the mercy of fate, all of which visited him in uncanny dreams. For Kubin, the aesthetic of evil proved to be the antithesis of the idyll: the deliberate suppression of a hideous reality. Drawn from the Albertina Museum’s collection of over 1,800 drawings by the artist, The Aesthetic of Evil displays Kubin’s grotesque vision as well as his superb draftsmanship. Amid the violent, haunting atmosphere of his graphic works it is easy to see how Kubin became trapped in his dark visions, to the point where the inexhaustible, intangible specter of evil consumed his life. Essays by Elisabeth Dutz, Natalie Lettner and Brigitte Holzinger explore Kubin’s cosmos of the sinister: his personal iconography of evil fueled by his nightmares and obsessions. Hardcover224 pages | 180 color illustrationsHatje Cantz, 20249.75 x 9.75 inchesISBN 9783775757737Monographs, Drawings

Alfred Kubin: The Aesthetic of Evil

Alfred Kubin: The Kiss [Postcard]

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959)The Wind, ca. 1902-031 notecard and envelope4 ¼ x 6 inches

Alfred Kubin: The Wind, ca. 1902-03 [Single Card]

By Pam Roberts Photographer, writer, publisher, and curator Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) was a visionary far ahead of his time. Around the turn of the 20th century, he founded the Photo-Secession, a progressive movement concerned with advancing the creative possibilities of photography, and by 1903 began publishing Camera Work, an avant-garde magazine devoted to voicing the ideas, both in images and words, of the Photo-Secession. Camera Work was the first photo journal whose focus was visual, rather than technical, and its illustrations were of the highest quality hand-pulled photogravure printed on Japanese tissue. This book brings together all photographs from the journal’s 50 issues. Hardcover552 pagesTaschen, 20138.47 x 5.16 x 1.57 inchesISBN 9783836544078Photography

Alfred Stieglitz: Camera Work

By Erich Maria Remarque Introduction by Sebastian Faulks Widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time, this classic tale of a young German soldier’s harrowing experiences in the trenches of World War I is the basis for an Academy Award-winning film. With an introduction by bestselling author Sebastian Faulks. When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another. Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants’ physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque’s stated intention–“to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war”–remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict’s end. Paperback224 pagesRandom House, Inc.Originally published in 19295.17 x 0.66 x 8 inchesISBN 9780593688670 Literature, Historical Fiction

All Quiet on the Western Front

By Sasho DimoskiTranslated by Paul Filev Alma Mahler presents the imagined memories of a talented, passionate woman living in the shadow of a famous husband. The novel deals with Alma's marriage to the distant and introverted Gustav Mahler and with the many intellectual and emotional sacrifices Alma makes in order to be a support for him. Alma Mahler presents the imagined memories of a talented, passionate woman living in the shadow of a famous husband. The novel deals with Alma's marriage to the distant and introverted Gustav Mahler, the Austrian late-Romantic composer and conductor, and with the many intellectual and emotional sacrifices Alma makes in order to be a support for him. Throughout, Alma wrestles with the tension between her desire to be near genius and her growing awareness that all she will ever receive in return for her sacrifice are the great man's silence and the pains of solitude. Paperback152 pagesDalkey Archive Press, 20185 x 8 inchesISBN 9781628972368 Historical Fiction, Literature

Alma Mahler

By Hans FalladaTranslated and Adapted by Alistair Beaton A gripping portrait of life in wartime Berlin and a vividly theatrical study of how paranoia can warp a society gripped by the fear of the night-time knock on the door. Based on true events, Hans Fallada's Alone In Berlin follows a quietly courageous couple, Otto and Anna Quangel who, in dealing with their own heartbreak, stand up to the brutal reality of the Nazi regime. With the smallest of acts, they defy Hitler's rule with extraordinary bravery, facing the gravest of consequences. Translated and Adapted by Alistair Beaton (Feelgood, The Trial Of Tony Blair), this timely story of the moral power of personal resistance sees the Gestapo launch a massive hunt for the perpetrators and Otto and Anna finding themselves players in a deadly game of cat and mouse. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Royal and Derngate Theatre in February 2020. Paperback120 pagesMethuen Drama, 20208 x 5 inchesISBN 9781350172401Hans Fallada, Plays

Alone in Berlin

Pepin Press’ Watercolour Postcard Books contain 16 cards made of the finest 250 gsm watercolor paper. The paper is acid-free, FSC-certified and quite thick to make the cards suitable for mailing. They are a joy to color with a wide range of techniques, such as watercolor, ink, color pencil, crayon, etc. All the coloring books match the quality the quality of the finest professional coloring pads. In order to get the best results, high-quality colouring materials are recommended. Paperback16 pagesPepin Press, 20244 x 6 inchesISBN 9789460096327Activity Book, Art Deco

Alphonse Mucha: Watercolor Postcard Book

By Angie Littlefield and Dorothy RoweEdited by Michael Parke-TaylorAngelika Hoerle (1899–1923) and her artist husband Heinrich Hoerle were protagonists in the Dada movement in Cologne, alongside Max Ernst and Johannes Baargeld. Between 1919 and her tragic death from tuberculosis in 1923, Hoerle built an outstanding oeuvre of Dada collages, caricatures, linocuts and drawings―some of which was acquired by Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp's famous Société Anonyme collection, with other works going to the Art Gallery of Toronto, and the rest of which was sadly destroyed by the Nazis as “degenerate art.” Hoerle brought to Cologne Dada's ranks a fully formed Marxist and feminist politics, and when Dada proved too dogmatic to contain her, she and Heinrich formed the breakaway “Stupid Group.” The Comet of Cologne Dada situates Hoerle among the artistic and political ferment of Weimar Germany, as a key figure whose artistic drive and political conscience were unthwartable and exemplary.Paperback128 pagesWalther König, Köln, 2010 7.9 x 0.5 x 9.7 inchesISBN 9783865606310Artist Monograph, Woman Artist, Dada

Angelika Hoerle: The Comet of Cologne Dada

By Emily Hall. Illustrations by Victoria Semykina A colorful exploration of the artwork and influences of Anni Albers—who changed our ideas about art and craft—this engaging book introduces young readers to the fundamentals of weaving and the world of textiles. Bert, a plucky but sometimes lazy bird, wakes up one morning to discover that his nest has fallen apart. After an unsuccessful search for a quick fix, he finds himself in the studio of the legendary artist Anni Albers, who shows him how to weave a home that’s both useful and beautiful. Hardcover40 pagesMuseum of Modern Art, 20259.25 x 12 inchesISBN 9781633451469Children

Anni & Bert: A Weaving Story

By Ann Coxon, Briony Fer, Maria Müller-Schareck “This catalog successfully shows Anni Albers’s role in the development of 20th-century modernism . . . Thoroughly researched and with high quality images that do justice to the color and dimensionality of Albers’s weavings.”—Nancy J. Mactague, Library Journal“[A] compelling argument that Albers is a major artist whose time has come . . . The volume itself is beautifully designed and printed. The essays and, especially, the images of weavings, show Albers as a masterful technician, as well as an artist who could turn her designs into rich and tactile works.”—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post“Filled with stunning images . . . A fascinating glimpse into history, a thought-provoking narrative of the artist once dubbed a ‘reluctant weaver’ who became a fabric virtuoso.”—Alia Jeraj, American Craft Anni Albers (1899–1994), a German textile designer, weaver, and printmaker, was among the leading pioneers of 20th-century modernism. Although she has heavily influenced generations of artists and designers, her contribution to modernist art history has been comparatively overlooked, especially in relation to that of her husband, Josef. In this groundbreaking and beautifully illustrated volume, Albers’s most important works are examined to fully explore and redefine her contribution to 20th-century art and design and highlight her significance as an artist in her own right. Featured works—from her early activity at the Bauhaus to her time at Black Mountain College—include wall hangings, designs for commercial use, drawings and studies, jewelry, and prints. Essays by international experts focus on key works and themes and relate aspects of Albers’s practice to her seminal texts: On Designing and On Weaving. Illuminating Albers’s skill as a weaver, her material awareness, and her deep understanding of art and design, this publication celebrates an artist of enormous importance and showcases the timeless nature of her creativity. Hardback192 pagesYale University Press, 20188.4 x 1 x 10.5 inchesISBN 9780300237252 Artist Monographs, Weaving, Textile Design, Women Artists

Anni Albers

By Anni Albers "The chief argument of the book—that the hand-made and mechanically reproduced can happily co-exist—is told visually as well as verbally. . . . [Anni Albers] emerges from the new On Weaving as both a historical figure and a living one."—Charles Darwent, Burlington Magazine"It is over 50 years since On Weaving was first published in 1965, but in this new edition it is as fresh and inspiring as ever. Indeed, the colour plates alone . . . could furnish hours of contemplation."—Cally Brooker, Journal of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers"With enviable clarity, Albers reviews the basics of weaving materials and techniques while threading the history of weaving from Peru and Persia to China, Europe, and beyond. Her emphasis on tactility seems especially urgent today, as she offers the next generation a profound corrective to an increasingly digital monoculture."—Jenny Anger, author of Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art The classic book on the art and history of weaving—now expanded and in full color.Written by one of the twentieth century’s leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand.With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed embrace of human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Her lucid and engaging prose is illustrated with a wealth of rare and extraordinary images showing the history of the medium, from hand-drawn diagrams and close-ups of pre-Columbian textiles to material studies with corn, paper, and the typewriter, as well as illuminating examples of her own work.Now available for a new generation of readers, this expanded edition of On Weaving updates the book’s original black-and-white illustrations with full-color photos, and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and essays by Manuel Cirauqui and T’ai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career. Hardcover272 pages | 150 color, 28 b/w illustrationsPrinceton University Press, 20179 x 1 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9780691177854Artist Monographs, Weaving, Textile Design, Women Artists

Anni Albers: On Weaving—New Expanded Edition

Edited by Julia GarimorthContributions by Vincent Broqua, Brenda Danilowitz, Judith Delfiner and Virginia Gardner TroyThis career-spanning monograph reveals the enormous artistic achievements—both individual and shared—of two of the greatest pioneers of twentieth-century modernism. Featuring more than two hundred and fifty works, including paintings, photographs, drawings, textiles and furniture, this essential volume traces the creative development of Josef and Anni Albers—both instrumental figures in the development of modernism and abstract art. Illustrated profusely throughout, this book features contributions from leading experts in chapters exploring the couple’s relationship and important aspects of their professional partnership, including their meeting at the Bauhaus School and their influential years at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. Wide-ranging essays examine topics such as the influence of Pre-Colombian art; Josef’s masterwork Homage to the Square; Anni’s jewelry and works on paper; Josef’s famed classes at Yale University; and Anni’s years as a graphic designer after her husband’s death. Both artists are celebrated for their lasting achievements in their respective fields—Josef for his color theory classes at Yale, Anni for her innovative use of unconventional materials. Readers will come away with an appreciation for the Albers’ experimentation and innovation; their collaboration and teamwork; and their dedication to education and mentorship.Hardcover280 pagesPrestel, 20239.69 x 1.15 x 11.63 inchesISBN 9783791379975 Anni and Josef Albers, German Modernism

Anni and Josef Albers: Art and Life

By Nicholas Fox Weber "This handsome, cloth-bound visual biography celebrates the prolific output and fascinating relationship of Anni and Josef Albers, two pioneers of modern art and design."—Galerie"An ideal gift for the artist couple on your list."—The Strategist"This volume—the first to be fully dedicated to the couple—traces their relationship through rarely seen photographs, collages, paintings and weavings, which form a visual biography of the duo."—The Financial Times, How to Spend ItA spectacular and unprecedented visual biography of the leading pioneers and protagonists of modern art and design.Josef—painter, designer, and teacher—and Anni Albers—textile artist and printmaker are among the twentieth century's most important abstract artists, and this is the first— monograph to celebrate the rich creative output and beguiling relationship of these two masters in one elegant volume. It presents their life and work as never before, from their formative years at the Bauhaus in Germany to their remarkable influence at Black Mountain College in the United States through their intensely productive period in Connecticut.Accessibly written, the book is packed with more than 750 artworks, archival images, and documents—many published here for the first time—all tracing the remarkable lives and careers of this legendary couple.Dispersed throughout area series of short essays on artists that focuses on the Albers' relationship with a number of important artists and architects of the 20th century, like Ruth Asawa, Marcel Breuer, Merce Cunningham, Philip Johnson, Paul Klee, Jacob Lawrence, and many more.The beautifully cloth-bound package utilizes an elegant color palette and design that speaks to the work of both artists. This comprehensive visual biography showcases the artists’ rich and dynamic lives, and their infinite influence on each other, as they shared the profound conviction that art was central to human existence.Hardcover512 pages | 750 illustrationsPhaidon Press, 202012 x 9.3 inchesISBN 9781838661427Artist Monographs, Textile Design, Design

Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal

von Anna Grosskopf und Tobias HoffmannFrauen im Fokus: Der Band präsentiert 42 faszinierende Künstlerinnen, die in der namhaften Sammlung des Bröhan-Museums vertreten sind. Von den Malerinnen der Berliner Secession über die Frauen der Wiener Werkstätte bis zu Metall-, Keramik-, Möbel- und Textildesignerinnen der Bauhauszeit zeigt sich ein breites Panorama weiblicher Gestaltung.Hardcover224 Seiten, 150 Abbildungen in FarbeText in GermanHirmer Verlag, 20238.6 x 10.2 InchesISBN 9783777440095Movements, Wiener Werkstätte

Ansehen! Kunst und Design von Frauen 1880 - 1940

By Friedrich NietzscheIntroduction by Chad WellmonEdited by Paul ReitterTranslated by Damion Searls “Prof. Nietzsche was one of the most prominent of modern German philosophers, and he is considered the apostle of extreme modern rationalism and one of the founders of the socialistic school, whose ideas have had such a profound influence on the growth of political and social life throughout the civilized world…his doctrines however, were inspired by lofty aspirations, while the brilliancy of his thought and diction and the epigrammatic force of his writings commanded even the admiration of his most pronounced enemies, of which he had many.”—The New York Times “Nietzsche wants to hear idols break. Dismay, exasperation, anger, outrage, disgust, humiliation disappointment: they fuel his philosophy, and it is little without them. Exhilaration, joy, exuberance, excess: they feed it too.”—William H. Gass“Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon’s introduction and notes helpfully contextualize Nietzsche’s barbs, though much of what Nietzsche has to say transcends the milieu in which it was written, and many of his criticisms will resound with readers today…this translation, with its useful notes and introduction, certainly provokes and surprises.”—Jon Morris, Popmatters In 1869, at the age of twenty-four, Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career. Then the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner transformed his ambitions. The genius of such thinkers and makers—the kind of genius that had emerged in ancient Greece—this alone was the touchstone for true understanding. But how was education to serve genius, especially in a modern society marked more and more by an unholy alliance between academic specialization, mass-market journalism, and the militarized state? Something more than sturdy scholarship was called for. A new way of teaching and questioning, a new philosophy...What that new way might be was the question Nietzsche broached in five vivid, popular public lectures in Basel in 1872. Anti-Education presents a provocative and timely reckoning with what remains one of the central challenges of the modern world. Paperback160 pagesNYRB Classics, 20155 x 0.4 x 8 inchesISBN 9781590178942Social Philosophy

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