The aesthetics of the total artwork : on borders and fragments / edited by Anke Finger and Danielle Follett.
| Other author | Finger, Anke K. |
| Other author | Follett, Danielle, 1971- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. |
| Description | viii, 469 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Rethinking theory Rethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.) ^A1011209 |
| Contents | Dynamiting the Gesamtkunstwerk : an introduction to the aesthetics of the total artwork / Danielle Follett and Anke Finger -- Variations on totality : Romanticism and the total work of art / Olivier Schefer -- Tendency, disintegration, decay : stages of the aesthetics of the fragment from Friedrich Schlegel to Thomas Bernhard / Justus Fetscher -- "The completed work is a rejection of disintegration and destruction" : a plea for aesthetic unity / Jürgen Söring -- Tout et n'importe quoi : the total artwork and the aesthetics of chance / Danielle Follett -- Idea/imagination/dialogue : the total artwork and conceptual art / Anke Finger -- "And a loose community assembles" : an interview with Molly Nesbit / Danielle Follett -- What is a station? / Molly Nesbit, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, and Rirkrit Tiravanija -- Form and reform : an interview with Mark Alizart / Danielle Follett -- The Gesamtkunstwerk and interactive multimedia / Randall Packer -- Invisible Wagner / Juliet Koss -- Music as imminent Gesamtkunstwerk : absolute music, synesthesia, and The lucky hand / Simon Shaw-Miller -- Avant-garde theater as total artwork? Media-theoretical reflections on the historical development of performing art forms / Christiane Heibach -- The drawing as total artwork? Image totality in Carl Einstein and Paul Klee / Reto Sorg -- Total artwork vs. revolution : art, politics, and temporalities in the expressionist architectural utopias and the Merzbau / Maria Stavrinaki -- The sorcerer's apprentice : László Moholy-Nagy and his Light prop for an electrical stage / Joyce Tsai -- Polyglot poetry : multilingualism and the aesthetics of the Gesamtkunstwerk / Rainer Guldin -- Singin' in the Marxist rain / Robert Kaufman -- Gesamtkunstwerk and Formelkomposition : the formal principles of the multiple work-totality in Karlheinz Stockhausen's Light / Ivanka Stoianova. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010001248 |
| ISBN | 9780801895821 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801895820 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NX620 .A355 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |