Makela, Maria Martha - The Munich Secession: Art and Artists in Turn-of-the-Century MunichPrinceton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing of this fine and accessible social history of turn-of-the-century Munich, German. The author notes it's a revision of his Ph.D. dissertation. xix, 205 pp. and with plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography, a fine art historical, chronological account of Munich from the 1880s to early 1900s. From the publisher's blurb, "In April 1892 the first art Secession in the German-speaking countries came into being in Munich, Central Europe's undisputed capital of the visual arts. Featuring the work of German painters, sculptors, and designers, as well as that of vanguard artists from around the world, the Munich Secession was a progressive force in the German art world for nearly a decade, its exhibitions regularly attended and praised by Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and other modernists at the outset of their careers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good, USD 12.80 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1904] Book number 352237is offered by:
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