{"product_id":"1920s-berlin-9783836550505","title":"1920s Berlin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was the decade of \u003cstrong\u003edaring Expressionist canvases\u003c\/strong\u003e, of brilliant book design, of the \u003cstrong\u003eBauhaus\u003c\/strong\u003e total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of \u003cstrong\u003edrag balls\u003c\/strong\u003e, cabaret, \u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Dietrich\u003c\/strong\u003e's rising star in theatre and silent film. Between the paroxysms of two world wars, Berlin in the 1920s was a \u003cstrong\u003ecarpe diem cultural heyday\u003c\/strong\u003e, replete with groundbreaking art, invention, and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book immerses readers in the \u003cstrong\u003efreewheeling spirit of Berlin's Weimar age\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through exemplary works in painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic design, photography, and film, we uncover the \u003cstrong\u003einnovations, ideas, and precious dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e that characterised this unique cultural window. We take in the jazz bars and dance halls; the \u003cstrong\u003ecrowded kinos\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eflapper fashion\u003c\/strong\u003e; the advances in technology and transport; the radio towers and rumbling trams and trains; the soaring buildings; the \u003cstrong\u003ecinematic masterworks\u003c\/strong\u003e; and the \u003cstrong\u003enewly independent women who smoked cigarettes, wore their hair short, and earned their own money\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeatured works in this \u003cstrong\u003evivid cultural portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e include Hannah Höch's \u003cem\u003eThe Journalists\u003c\/em\u003e; Lotte Jacobi's \u003cem\u003eHands on Typewriter\u003c\/em\u003e; Otto Dix's \u003cem\u003ePortrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden\u003c\/em\u003e; Peter Behrens's project of the Alexanderplatz; and Josef von Sternberg's \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Dietrich as cabaret performer Lola Lola. Along the way, we explore both the utopian yearnings and the more ominous economic and political realities which fuelled the era's \u003cstrong\u003eescapist, idealistic, or reactionary masterworks\u003c\/strong\u003e. Behind the bright lights and glitter dresses, we see the inflation, factory labour, and fragile political consensus that lurked beneath this golden era and would eventually spell its savage end with the rise of National Socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46848137527532,"sku":"9783836550505","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27493183483553.jpg?v=1758964212","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/1920s-berlin-9783836550505","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}