| G: An Avant-Garde Journal of Art, Architecture, Design, and Film, 1923-1926 Contributor(s): Mertins, Detlef (Editor), Jennings, Michael W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1606060392 ISBN-13: 9781606060391 Publisher: Getty Research Institute OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 700.904 |
| LCCN: 2010018193 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7.2" W x 10.2" (2.25 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1923, the journal G: Material zur Elementaren Gestaltung (G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation) helped shape a new phase in the history of the European avant-garde. Founded by Hans Richter, a pioneer of abstract animated film, G featured works by some of the important names in the advanced cultures of Europe: Hans Arp, Walter Benjamin, Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Naum Gabo, Werner Graeff, George Grosz, Hugo H ring, Raoul Hausmann, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Frederick Kiesler, El Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Antoine Pevsner, Man Ray, and Tristan Tzara. This edition, the first in English translation, preserves the original design by Lissitzky, Richter, and Graeff, and includes essays that explore the role of the journal in its time and in relation to contemporary culture. An introduction analyzes the principles of the journal, situates it in the culture of the early 1920s, and evaluates its achievements. |