Tempo, Tempo! The Bauhaus Photomontages of Marianne Brandt
by Elizabeth Otto
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Author: Elizabeth OttoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005
ISBN: 3936314551
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Jovis
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Book Review: Expanding our understanding of Weimar culture
Summary: 5 Stars
Tempo, Tempo! is a highly informative, beautifully presented, and intriguing look at a set of photomontages by one of the few women members of the Bauhaus collective, Marianne Brandt. Elizabeth Otto's selection, analysis, and interpretation of Brandt's work gives us a fascinating glimpse of part of the history and culture of Weimar Germany. Brandt's photomontages, and the images she used to create them, drew on a number of themes--global militarism, changing perceptions of masculine and feminine gender roles, industrial development and machinery, metropolitan spaces, images of the "exotic"--that have as much resonance today as they did when she created this body of work. The photomontages reveal more and more as you study them, and Otto's accompanying texts, in both English and German, guide the reader to further insights on how to read these complex works of art. It is an erudite text, but not an inaccessible one. It is an enjoyable read, and the photomontages themselves are fun to study. I definitely recommend this text for anyone interested in Weimar history and culture, women in art, or art history generally.
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