Expressionism (Big Series Art) [Hardcover]

Dietmar Elger (Author)

Book Description

Series: Big Series Art | Publication Date: October 1, 1998

A specifically German artistic revolution

In six chapters - The Brücke Group of Artists, Northern German Expressionism, The Blaue Reiter, Rhenish Expressionism, The City and Expressionism in Vienna - this publication deals with a specifically German artistic revolution, a phenomenon that has quite accurately been described as "the most significant German contribution to 20th century European art".

Beside a number of famous names - Beckmann, Heckel, Kandinsky, Kirchner, Kokoschka, Macke, Marc, Mueller, Nolde, Schiele and Schmidt-Rottluff - the author also introduces several lesser-known artists, such as Campendonk, Felixmüller, Meidner, Morgner, Münter and von Werefkin, with some representative works.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About the Author

Dietmar Elger studied history, art history, and literature at Hamburg University. He has been involved in the organization of several exhibitions as well as in editing catalogues on modern and contemporary art. His publications include a catalogue raisonne of the work of Gerhard Richter, for whom he worked as assistant. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822872091
• ISBN-13: 978-3822872093
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,875,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bad translation, July 28, 2007

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C. Hurwitz (Asia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series) (Hardcover)

I think that there is a good balance between text and images, and the images are of high quality. However, this book and other Taschen books that I have read suffer from poor translation. I work in translation and it appears to me that they did not use a native English speaker to translate from the German, as there are quite a few clunky sentences.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good art, bad editing, September 7, 2007

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Garbanzo B. Eens (DC Helhole) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series) (Hardcover)

Great book, good illustrations. Some of the chapters are very badly edited, however. One repeats the phrase "his illness, from which he never recovered" four times in a short chapter. More typically, they end abruptly with no proper conclusion, as if chopped so as not to exceed space limitations. The writing/editing is the disappointing weak point here. Other times, terms are dropped or events referenced that have not yet been explained in the text. As an art book, the strength of the art can carry it. But it's a shame that it had to be this way.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate though flawed, December 24, 2009

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Zoller (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series) (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a decent, though flawed, introduction to the topic of German Expressionism: The text is engaging, it covers a wide range of German Expressionist painters and groups, and there are many good color reproductions. This being said I have to agree with most of the other reviewers in saying that the editing and translation is rather poor for a book in wide circulation. The author/translator repeats several phrases and terms adnauseam (e.g. "chosen partner"), some of the sentences are awkward and badly constructed, and there are a few editing errors such as on page 127 when the text refers to Gauguin being born in 1853 when it should be Van Gogh. Despite these negative elements the book is still a worthwhile read as it does address such an interesting topic and does a fine job in covering such a large amount of territory