Kurt Schwitters Merzbau: The Cathedral of Erotic MiseryPrinceton Architectural Press, 1 apr 2000 - 192 pagina's German artist Kurt Schwitters began constructing the Merzbau, a combination of collage, sculpture, and architecture, in a corner of his studio in Hannover, Germany in 1920. Also called the Cathedral of Erotic Misery, this was Schwitters's private world. It eventually took over his entire living quarters, the apartment above, and part of the yard, and was divided into rooms-the Biedermeier Room, the de Stijl Room, the Goethe Cave, the Mondrian Cave, and the Mies Cave, among others. It was destroyed during an Allied bombing raid in 1943. Although the Merzbau is of essential importance in understanding the early Modern Movement, this is the first in-depth study in English of this structure. Elizabeth Burns Gamard discusses its physical evolution and its significance within the artist's oeuvre. She also investigates its larger relation to German Expressionism and romanticism and to critical thought of the time. This book offers an in-depth analysis of a single structure through original documents, drawings, and critical examination of the design process. |
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THE ARTISTIC REVOLUTION OF KURT MERZ SCHWITTERS HANNOVERDRESDENHANNOVERREVONNAH | 19 |
PRELIMINARY PROJECTS LITERATURE AND SCULPTURE 19191922 | 45 |
DIE KATHEDRALE DES EROTISCHEN ELENDS KURT SCHWITTERS MERZBAU | 87 |
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Abfall abstract According alchemical Anna Blume appears art and architecture artifacts artistic aspects assemblage associations Aufbau avant-garde Bauhaus Berlin Böhme cathedral caves Collages of Kurt column construction context creative critical cultural dada dadaist Decoding Merz Dietrich Doesburg El Lissitzky Elderfield Erotic Misery erotischen Elends expressionism expressionist Formung and Entformung German Gothic grottoes Hannah Höch Hannover Hannover Merzbau Hans Arp Hans Richter Haus Merz heilige Bekümmernis hermetic hermeticism Huelsenbeck ideas images intuition Kandinsky Kandinsky's Kathedrale des erotischen KdeE Kurt Merz Schwitters Kurt Schwitters Lissitzky Lissitzky's literarische Werk literary manifest material Max Ernst Merz Merzbau Merzbilder Modern Art mystical Nasci nature Nill object organic painting particular philosophy photograph piece play poem political processes redemption references relationship rhythm Rhythm and Art Richard Huelsenbeck Russian sculpture significant social space specific spiritual Stijl suggests symbol themes Theo van Doesburg tion trans University Webster Weimar wheel Wittgenstein Ziele