German Expressionist Painting

by Peter Selz

Book Overview

Published in 1957, German Expressionist Painting was the first comprehensive study of one of the most pivotal movements in the art of this century. When it was written, however, German Expressionism... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520025156
• ISBN13: 9780520025158
• Release Date: October 1974
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

You found the gem

If you are searching for a book about theory of the German expressionism (Die Brucke), you found it. And believe me that is the only one worth to buy. This book goes in depth into the theory as well as the historical time. A GREAT BOOK !

Still the best thing written on Expressionist painting.

Although originally published in the 1950s and at the time the first scholarly examination in English of German Expressionist painting, Selz's book remains the best source for an understanding of the various Expressionist movements and the underlying ideas that determined the movement's aesthetic look. I sincerely hope that it is still available; it is still the best textbook to have to present Expressionism to art history students for the first time.