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THE COLLAGES OF KURT SCHWITTERS: TRADITION AND INNOVATION

by Dorothea Dietrich

Illustrated by Kurt Schwitters

Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st PB. 1995

Slightly better than very good condition. Yellow cardwraps. 240 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations.

Mninimal rubbing/creasing to corners.

ISBN: 0521498910
Stock no. 1329551

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Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Political and Cultural Chaos and the Formation of Merz
  • 2. Art After the War: Expressionism and Dada
  • 3. Merz and Expressionism
  • 4. The Invention of a New Language
  • 5. Play with Chaos: the Aquarelle
  • 6. Political Inscription
  • 7. Refashioned Traditions
  • 8. The Merzbau: or, the Cathedral of Erotic Misery
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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