COMIC GROTESQUE: WIT AND MOCKERY IN GERMAN ART, 1870-1940

KORT, PAMELA

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ISBN:978-3-7913-3195-9
EAN:9783791331959
Editorial: PRESTEL
Fecha de la edición:2004
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:208
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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE DE LOS SIGLOS XIX-XXI

Filled with irreverent wit, comical elements, and absurdist humor, the comic-grotesque has fascinated artists since ancient times. However, it was not until the late nineteenth century that it reemerged as a novel modernist method. The comic-grotesque can best be characterized by what it does to boundaries, transgressing, merging, overflowing and collapsing them. This volume, which accompanies an exhibition at Neue Galerie New York, begins with Arnold Böcklin's comic-grotesque pictorial compositions. It brings together a dazzling array of artists-including Paul Klee, Max Klinger, Alfred Kubin, Emil Nolde, and Max Ernst-who, inspired by his example, forged a unique aesthetic with enormous consequences for modern German art. With over 100 full-color plates and dozens of black-and-white illustrations, this striking collection traces the evolution of a largely ignored, butimmensely influential movement in modern art.