This volume explores the vast array of printmaking activity in Germany during a period of profound social transformation. Between the end of World War I and the Nazi ascendancy to power, printmaking took on an unprecedented significance in Germany. Printmakers created works in a wide variety of styles to satisfy the already established art market for quality art prints and the rising new market for prints that communicated political ideology.
Language
English
Pages
358
Format
Paperback
Release
May 11, 1994
ISBN 13
9780941680127
Stark Impressions: Graphic Production in Germany, 1918-1933
This volume explores the vast array of printmaking activity in Germany during a period of profound social transformation. Between the end of World War I and the Nazi ascendancy to power, printmaking took on an unprecedented significance in Germany. Printmakers created works in a wide variety of styles to satisfy the already established art market for quality art prints and the rising new market for prints that communicated political ideology.