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Artists and Radicalism in Germany, 1890â1933
Reform, Politics and the Paradoxes of the Avant-Garde
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 341
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Tracing the evolution of the German applied arts movement from 1890 through the interwar period, Artists and Radicalism in Germany, 1890-1933 reveals how reforms in artistic and vocational education intersected with the professional politics of radical artists and the nature of intellectual labour. Challenging conventional views, Pegioudis reinterprets the conflict between modern art's advocates and opponents, arguing that professional politicsânot merely political ideologiesâshaped the historical avant-garde. Developing a fresh perspective on the role of radicalism and avant-garde labour in the history of modern art, this book casts new light on German modern art and its interpreters.
Nikos Pegioudis, Ph.D. (2015), University College London, is an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Crete, School of Architecture. He has published articles on German and Greek visual culture, architecture, and the sociology of the avant-garde.
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
â1âGeistige Arbeit, Artistic Radicalism and the Applied Arts Movement
â2âApplied Arts Reform, Politics of Artistic Professions and the Ideology of the Avant-Garde
â3âA New Approach to Artistic Radicalism
1 Form and Reform: Intellectuals, Artists and the Hands of Production
â1âFine Artists, Crafts Reform, and the Art Proletariat
â2âThe Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, the Arts and Crafts Reform, and the Politics of the Gesamtkünstler
â3âThe Third Arts and Crafts Exhibition, the Werkbund and the Tension Between the Designer-as-Artist and the Craftsman
â4âThe Crisis of Intellectual Labour and the Re-distribution of Skills
â5âDiscourse as a Way of Restructuring Crafts Hierarchies
â6âThe Designerâs Workshop and the Clash with Small Craftsmen
â7âThe Werkbund, Lebensreform, and Socialist Revisionism
2 Reformist Radicalism: The Eloquent Silence of the Avant-Garde in Early Weimar Germany
â1âAn Inconclusive Secession from the Werkbund: the Arbeitsrat für Kunst between Revolution and Reform
â2âExcursus: Organising Radicalism
â3âA Second Moment of Silence: Proletarian Culture and the German Applied Arts Movement
â4âBauhaus (R)Evolution
â5âRadicalism and Middle-Ground Modernism: Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, and Wilhelm Waetzoldtâs Gedanken zur Kunstschulreform
3 The Death of Painting?
â1âMen of the Past: A Crisis of Painting or a Crisis of Reform?
â2âIn Defence of Painting
â3âKitsch, or Avant-Garde and its Double
â4âFrom Canvas to Poster and Back Again: the Art Proletariat between Avant-Garde, Propaganda, and Kitsch
4 A Struggle of Outsiders: Intellectual Labour and Artistic Radicalism in Late Weimar Germany
â1âIntellectual Labour, Artistic Prominence, and Applied Arts Radicalism
â2âASSOâs Artistic Paradigms
â3âOutsider, âFree-Floatingâ, and âOperativeâ Intellectuals
â4âThe Intellectual as an Outsider or Distance as a Means of Reorientation
â5âThe Visual Artist as Producer
â6âFrom the Outsider to the Redundant Intellectual
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Introduction
â1âGeistige Arbeit, Artistic Radicalism and the Applied Arts Movement
â2âApplied Arts Reform, Politics of Artistic Professions and the Ideology of the Avant-Garde
â3âA New Approach to Artistic Radicalism
1 Form and Reform: Intellectuals, Artists and the Hands of Production
â1âFine Artists, Crafts Reform, and the Art Proletariat
â2âThe Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, the Arts and Crafts Reform, and the Politics of the Gesamtkünstler
â3âThe Third Arts and Crafts Exhibition, the Werkbund and the Tension Between the Designer-as-Artist and the Craftsman
â4âThe Crisis of Intellectual Labour and the Re-distribution of Skills
â5âDiscourse as a Way of Restructuring Crafts Hierarchies
â6âThe Designerâs Workshop and the Clash with Small Craftsmen
â7âThe Werkbund, Lebensreform, and Socialist Revisionism
2 Reformist Radicalism: The Eloquent Silence of the Avant-Garde in Early Weimar Germany
â1âAn Inconclusive Secession from the Werkbund: the Arbeitsrat für Kunst between Revolution and Reform
â2âExcursus: Organising Radicalism
â3âA Second Moment of Silence: Proletarian Culture and the German Applied Arts Movement
â4âBauhaus (R)Evolution
â5âRadicalism and Middle-Ground Modernism: Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, and Wilhelm Waetzoldtâs Gedanken zur Kunstschulreform
3 The Death of Painting?
â1âMen of the Past: A Crisis of Painting or a Crisis of Reform?
â2âIn Defence of Painting
â3âKitsch, or Avant-Garde and its Double
â4âFrom Canvas to Poster and Back Again: the Art Proletariat between Avant-Garde, Propaganda, and Kitsch
4 A Struggle of Outsiders: Intellectual Labour and Artistic Radicalism in Late Weimar Germany
â1âIntellectual Labour, Artistic Prominence, and Applied Arts Radicalism
â2âASSOâs Artistic Paradigms
â3âOutsider, âFree-Floatingâ, and âOperativeâ Intellectuals
â4âThe Intellectual as an Outsider or Distance as a Means of Reorientation
â5âThe Visual Artist as Producer
â6âFrom the Outsider to the Redundant Intellectual
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
This book is especially relevant to specialist scholars interested in the history of German architecture and design, the artistic avant-garde of Weimar Germany, and avant-garde studies. It will also be valuable for graduate and research students, as well as for upper-level undergraduate seminars.