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THE COLLAGES OF KURT SCHWITTERS: TRADITION AND INNOVATION

Written by Dorothea Dietrich
Illustrated by Kurt Schwitters
Published by Cambridge University Press in 1995
ISBN: 0521498910

THE COLLAGES OF KURT SCHWITTERS: TRADITION AND INNOVATION
Written by Dorothea Dietrich. Illustrated by Kurt Schwitters.
Stock no. 1329551
1st PB. 1995. Softcover. Slightly better than very good condition.

Yellow cardwraps. 240 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521498910. Mninimal rubbing/creasing to corners.

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Front cover

Cover of THE COLLAGES OF KURT SCHWITTERS: TRADITION AND INNOVATION by Dorothea Dietrich

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