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Author:
Jenkins, Jessica (Jessica R.), author.
Title:
Picturing socialism : public art and design in East Germany / J. R. Jenkins.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Visual ArtsBloomsbury Publishing Plc,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xix, 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Public art--Germany (East)
Socialism and art--Germany (East)
Art and society--Germany (East)
Architecture and society--Germany (East)
Architecture and society.
Art and society.
Public art.
Socialism and art.
Germany (East)
Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Royal College of Art, 2014, under the title: Visual arts in the urban environment in the German Democratic Republic. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"This history of the former German Democratic Republic's public murals reveals a barely known but visually and theoretically rich cultural legacy. This book traces the formal, functional and theoretical changes of the visual arts in the GDR's urban spaces. It shows how art, craft, design and architecture made up the terrain of a sustained struggle between practitioners and political leaders"-- Provided by publisher
ISBN:
1350067148
9781350067141
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1184123490
LCCN:
2020036365
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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