| Description |
xi, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
European studies series
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European studies series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-325) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The historical context -- The regional divide -- The confessional divide -- The gender divide -- The urban-rural divide -- Social change and the formation of cultural milieus -- Courtly and aristocratic culture -- Bourgeois culture -- The Catholic cultural milieu -- Working-class culture -- 2. Official culture -- Anton von Werner and The proclamation of the German Empire -- The restoration of the Imperial Palace in Goslar -- Multi-purpose monuments: Cologne Cathedral and the Hermann Monument -- National monuments in Imperial Germany -- Imperial ceremonial and festival culture -- Building the empire: imperial architecture from post office to parliament -- 3. The Gründerzeit -- The search for a national style -- A nationa language? -- A national architecture -- A preoccupation with history -- Historicism in architecture and design -- The historical novel -- The historical theatre -- The historical pageant -- The historical painting -- The cult of heroes -- The hero as painter -- The hero as archaeologist -- The hero as composer -- The hero as statesman -- Realism in Gründerzeit literature and art -- 4. Cultural critics and revolts -- Cultural pessimism -- Naturalism in literature -- Naturalism in painting -- The secessions -- Jugendstil in applied art and architecture -- Aestheticism in literature and music -- 5. 'Wilhelminism' and its discontents -- Wilhelm II's Kunstpolitik -- Wilhelmine satire -- Wilhelmine reform movements -- Lifestyle reform (Lebensreform) -- Naturism -- Clothing reform -- Wandervogel and other youth organizations -- Artists' colonies and communities -- The Heimat movement -- Land reform and the garden city movement -- The werkbund -- Dance and theatre reform -- The challenge of commercial and popular culture -- 6. Expressionism, nationalism and war -- Expressionist painting -- Expressionist music -- Expressionist literature -- 'Storm' and 'action': apocalypse now? -- Nationalism and chauvinism in later Wilhelmine culture -- August 1914 -- Continuities and discontinuities. |
| Subject |
Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Germany. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Art and state -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
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Art and state. |
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History. |
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Art and society -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
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Art and society. |
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Germany -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
| ISBN |
1403904219 paperback alkaline paper |
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1403904200 alkaline paper |
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