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Berlin in the 1920s by Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design
It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of drag balls, cabaret, Metropolis, and Marlene Dietrich's rising star in theater and silent film. Between the paroxysms of two world wars, Berlin in the 1920s was a ...Show more
Berlin in the Twenties: Art and Culture 1918-1933 by Rainer Metzger
Category: History
Berlin in the 1920s was home to some of the most extraordinary minds of modern times, and was a vigorous melting pot of radical new ideas and concepts in every field. Comprising essays on the key movements and figures of the era, this profusely illustrated book is a highly readable portrait of this asto ...Show more
Chagall by Rainer Metzger; Ingo F. Walther
Category: Art and Design
The painter as poet: A world of floating symbolsFor Marc Chagall (1887-1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved out a unique early 20th-century niche, often identified as one of the earliest expressions of psychic exper ...Show more
Chagall by Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
Colourful dreams and tales. Chagall's world full of everyday miracles. The Belarusian painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the "painter as poet". The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the century. Chagall's paintings, steeped in mytholo ...Show more
Gustav Klimt: Drawings and Watercolours by Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design
There can be no doubt about Klimts greatness as a draughtsman. Remarkable above all is the intensely sensual mood that he establishes in his limpid, fluid drawings and watercolours. Rainer Metzger brings together hundreds of Klimts works on paper in a way that enriches our knowledge of the artist and en ...Show more
London in the Sixties by Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design
This beautifully illustrated book paints a multifaceted portrait of sixties London and explores the reasons why it became the epicentre of a cultural boom that resounded around the world and whose echoes can still be heard today. London in the 1960s was the embodiment of everything that was inspirationa ...Show more
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 : Painting as poetry: Basic Art Album by Ingo F. Walther & Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Basic Art Album S.
Colourful dreams and tales - Chagall's world full of everyday miracles The Russian painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the "painter as poet". The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the century. Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology ...Show more
Munich: Its Golden Age of Art and Culture 1890 - 1920 by Rainer Metzger
Category: History
As the 20th century dawned, Munich found itself at a high point in its cultural history. Often seen as provincial and parochial, it moved out of the shadow of Berlin and reinvented itself as a treasure house of art. A parade of artistic movements and breakaway groups took the limelight, from the innovat ...Show more
Van Gogh by Rainer Metzger; Ingo F. Walther (Editor)
Category: Art
Bold strokes of genius: The amazing work of a tormented soul Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. He lived an unhappy and difficult life during which his work received almost no appreciation--finally killing himself by a bullet to the chest, so great was his despair--and is ...Show more
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings by Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design
Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. He lived an unhappy and difficult life during which his work received almost no appreciation. This study of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) represents a rarity in art history: a detailed monograph on his life and art combined with a complet ...Show more
Van Gogh. The Complete Paintings by Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Tortured talent: The genius and the angst of an Expressionist master Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record prices of tens of mi ...Show more
Vienna 1900 Complete by Christian Brandstãtter; Daniela Gregori; Rainer Metzger
Category: Art and Design
At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna became an epicenter for new thought, increasingly running counter to the prevalent conservatism symbolized by the neo-classical facades of the buildings in the city's Ringstrasse. During the time of the modernist movement led by Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffmann, and K ...Show more