Deborah Ascher Barnstone: 3 books
Beyond the Bauhaus
Cultural Modernity in Breslau, 1918-33
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Although the Breslau arts scene was one of the most vibrant in all of Weimar-era Germany, it has largely disappeared from memory. Studies of the influence of Weimar culture on modernism have focused almost exclusively on Berlin and the Dessau Bauhaus, yet the advances that occurred in Breslau affected...
The Transparent State
Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
Examining the transformation of transparency as a metaphor in West German political thought to an analogy for democratic architecture, this book* *questions the prevailing assumption in German architectural circles that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility...
The Break with the Past
Avant-Garde Architecture in Germany, 1910 – 1925
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Between 1918 and 1933 the German interwar avant-garde was a primary force driving European cultural innovation and modernism. These innovations continue to influence artistic practice, theory, and arts education today, thus making a comprehensive study of the relationship between individual war experience...