Modernism After Wagner

by Juliet Koss

References to the Gesamtkunstwerk, a "total work of art," abound in discussions of modern art and culture, often describing a seamless melding of a variety of art forms that overwhelm the emotions, impede critical thought, and mold a group of individuals into a powerless mass. Famously set forth by the composer Richard Wagner in 1849, the term has been applied to such disparate settings as the cinema palaces of Berlin in the 1920s and Andy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816651590
• ISBN13: 9780816651597
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 10.4"