Art and Politics in the Weimar Period: The New Sobriety, 1917-1933

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Pantheon Books, 1978 - Art - 272 pages
"The period between the end of World War I and Hitler's accession to power witnessed an unprecedented cultural explosion that embraced the whole of Europe but was, above all, centered in Germany. John Willett here provides a brilliant explanation of the aesthetic and political currents which made Germany the focal point of a new, down-to-earth, socially committed cultural movement that drew a significant measure of inspiration from revolutionary Russia and left-wing social thought, American technology, and the devastating experience of war."--Back cover.

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CONTENTS Apologia and plan
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Post mortem
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War and revolution 191420
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Copyright

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