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Author: Hans Wilderotter
Publisher: Jovis Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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The varied past of this building reflects German social and political history.nitially erected by the Nazis, it then became party headquarters of the SED,nd in future it will be the "Auswartiges Amt" of Germany.

Author: Rüdiger Bergien
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 180539049X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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Everyday life in the East German Socialist Unity Party revolved heavily around maintaining the “party line” in all areas of society, whether through direct authority or corruption. Spanning a long period of the GDR’s history, from 1946 through 1989, Rüdiger Bergien presents the first study that examines the complexities of the central party’s communist apparatus. He focuses on their role as ideological watchdogs, as they fostered an underbelly and “inner life” for their employees to integrate the party’s pillars throughout East German society. Inside Party Headquarters reviews not only the party’s modes power and state interaction, but also the processes of negotiation and disputation preceding formal Politburo decisions, advancing the available detail and discourse surrounding this formative and volatile stretch of German history.

Author: K. Gerstenberger
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230337759
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Twenty years after its fall, the wall that divided Berlin and Germany presents a conceptual paradox: on one hand, Germans have sought to erase it completely; on the other, it haunts the imagination in complex and often surprising ways

Author: Rainer Eisenschmid
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 3829768060
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Baedeker; the most famous and cherished travel brand in the world is now adding this exciting new title to its innovative series. This superb full-colour, illustrated guide features 3D laminated cut-outs to show you the key sights in perspective and a large, fully-indexed, pull-out map. Additional detailed maps and plans can also be found throughout the guide, clearly pin-pointing the best places to stay and the top places to eat and drink. At the heart of the guide is a wealth of comprehensive information written by experts on the sights and top attractions, in an easy-to-read A-Z format. Also included are great, practical travel tips covering accommodation and food and drink for all budgets, entertainment, sport, transport and health; not to mention some insider tips for saving money or having a unique travel experience. There is also a variety of recommended tours covering the best routes available, to ensure you get the most from your destination. The plastic wallet allows you to keep the guide and map together and ensures that both will survive in all weather. Baedeker - setting a new standard in 21st century, travel guide publishing.

Author: Dieter Bingen
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447050968
Category : Architecture
Languages : de
Pages : 232

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Zur Kultur- und Gesellschaftsgeschichte gehort die bewusste Zerstorung, die Uberformung von Strukturen, Bauwerken und Objekten von symbolischer, politischer oder religioser Bedeutung mit dem Ziel der Identitatsstorung. Der Umgang mit den zerstorten Gebauden und Strukturen spiegelt die Absicht, neue Identitaten zu schaffen bzw. an fruhere anzuknupfen. Das Phanomen der Zerstorung symboltrachtiger Bauten und der Umgang mit ihnen sowie der sie umgebenden Strukturen ist in gleicher Weise von Sprach- und Begrifflosigkeit gekennzeichnet. So wie der Begriff "Ikonoklasmus" fur den Bereich der Kunstobjekte genutzt wird, fragt sich, ob der Begriff "Schleifung" fur den zerstorerischen Umgang mit historisch-politischen Baudenkmalern zutreffend ware. Anhand von Beispielen aus Deutschland und Polen hat diese Fragen ein Workshop im Deutschen Historischen Museum untersucht. Polen und Deutschland bieten sich nicht nur wegen der nachbarschaftlichen Nahe an, sondern insbesondere wegen der Vergleichbarkeit von Gemeinsamkeiten und Gegensatzen in der Zerstorung und im Umgang mit dem Zerstorten. Experten aus beiden Landern stellen Beispiele des Abrisses und des Wiederaufbaus historischer Bauten und Ensembles heraus und diskutieren, ob sich aus Ahnlichkeiten der Entwicklungen definitorische Typisierungen beschreiben lassen.

Author: Marc Silberman
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230118577
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391

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This interdisciplinary volume addresses the consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the revitalizing effect it had on Germany to the new challenges of integrating socially and politically old and new minorities, and forming a new European identity. It also considers how the fall was represented by the media.

Author: Evonne Levy
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520928633
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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In this provocative revisionist work, Evonne Levy brings fresh theoretical perspectives to the study of the "propagandistic" art and architecture of the Jesuit order as exemplified by its late Baroque Roman church interiors. The first extensive analysis of the aims, mechanisms, and effects of Jesuit art and architecture, this original and sophisticated study also evaluates how the term "propaganda" functions in art history, distinguishes it from rhetoric, and proposes a precise use of the term for the visual arts for the first time. Levy begins by looking at Nazi architecture as a gateway to the emotional and ethical issues raised by the term "propaganda." Jesuit art once stirred similar passions, as she shows in a discussion of the controversial nineteenth-century rubric the "Jesuit Style." She then considers three central aspects of Jesuit art as essential components of propaganda: authorship, message, and diffusion. Levy tests her theoretical formulations against a broad range of documents and works of art, including the Chapel of St. Ignatius and other major works in Rome by Andrea Pozzo as well as chapels in Central Europe and Poland. Innovative in bringing a broad range of social and critical theory to bear on Baroque art and architecture in Europe and beyond, Levy’s work highlights the subject-forming capacity of early modern Catholic art and architecture while establishing "propaganda" as a productive term for art history.

Author: Agata Anna Lisiak
Publisher: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 1557535736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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"Agata Anna Lisiak shows in her book Urban Cultures in (Post)colonial Central Europe how the postcolonial idea, developed recently to study Central and East European culture, can help us see the transformations of cities in the region. Lisiak argues that Berlin, Budapest Warsaw, and Prague are incubated cultures whose deepest forces were shadowy and ironic."-Marshall Berman, City University of New York.

Author: Marcel Proust
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030021698X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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A captivating tour of the bookshelves of ten leading artists, exploring the intricate connections between reading, artistic practice, and identity Taking its inspiration from Walter Benjamin's seminal 1931 essay, the Unpacking My Library series charts a spirited exploration of the reading and book collecting practices of today's leading thinkers. Artists and Their Books showcases the personal libraries of ten important contemporary artists based in the United States (Mark Dion, Theaster Gates, Wangechi Mutu, Ed Ruscha, and Carrie Mae Weems), Canada (Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller), and the United Kingdom (Billy Childish, Tracey Emin, and Martin Parr). Through engaging interviews, the artists discuss the necessity of reading and the meaning of books in their lives and careers. This is a book about books, but it even more importantly highlights the role of literature in shaping an artist's self-presentation and persona. Photographs of each artist's bookshelves present an evocative glimpse of personal taste, of well-loved and rare volumes, and of the individual touches that make a bookshelf one's own. The interviews are accompanied by "top ten" reading lists assembled by each artist, an introduction by Jo Steffens, and Marcel Proust's seminal essay "On Reading."

Author: Randall Ott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131712846X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 515

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German architecture prior to the modern period has received less systemic, analytical study than that of Italy, France, and Britain. Scholarly discussion of broad traditions or continuities within Germanic or Central European façade design is even sparser. Baroque era studies of the region mostly devote themselves to isolated architects, monuments, or movements. Modernism's advent decisively changed this: Germanic architecture enjoyed sudden ascendancy. Yet, even so, study specifically of that region's façades still lagged – nothing compares to the dozens of treatments of Le Corbusier's façade systems, for example, and how these juxtapose with French neoclassical or Italian Renaissance methods. Given the paucity of multi-period studies, one can be forgiven for believing Germany's effervescence of radical, modern works seems unprecedented. This book takes up these multiple quandaries. It identifies and documents a previously unrecognized compositional tradition - characterized here as the 'screen façade' – and posits it as a counter-narrative critiquing the essentialist, 'authentic' canon currently dominant in Western architectural history. By crossing evenly over the dividing line between the historical and modern periods, it offers valuable insights on indigenous roots underlying some aspects of Germany's invigorating early twentieth-century architectural developments. The book chronologically examines 400 years of closely related facades, concentrated in Germany but also found in Austria, the Czech Republic, German-speaking Switzerland, and nearby areas of Central Europe. While nearly 75 buildings are mentioned and illustrated, a dozen are given extensive analysis and the book focuses on the works of three architects – Schinkel, Behrens and Mies. Relationships between examples of these three architects' façades far transcend mere homage amongst masters. Glimmers of the system they eventually codify are apparent as early as at Heidelberg Castle in 1559 and Nürnberg's Rathaus in 1622. The book argues that in Germany, northern Gothic affinities for bisection, intense repetition and rote aggregation intersected with southern Classical affinities for symmetry, hierarchy and centrality, thereby spawning a unique hybrid product – the screen. Instead of graphic formality, this study is guided by on-site perceptions, propositional contrasts, means of approach, interpretive conflicts and emotion and it relates the design of these façades to concepts proposed by contemporary philosophers including Novalis, Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, Adorno, and, most importantly, Gadamer on hermeneutics.