1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457538803321

Autore

Bassie Ashley

Titolo

Expressionism [[electronic resource] /] / Ashley Bassie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York], : Parkstone International, [2012]

ISBN

1-283-95235-1

1-78042-814-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Collection art of century

Disciplina

709.04

Soggetti

Expressionism (Art)

Art, Modern - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; WHAT IS EXPRESSIONISM?; "GERMAN" ART?; Expressionism's Origins and Sources; THE BODY AND NATURE; THE SELF AND THE PSYCHE; THE METROPOLIS AND MODERNITY; VISION AND THE SPIRIT; WAR AND REVOLUTION; THE END OF EXPRESSIONISM?; MAJOR ARTISTS; MAX BECKMANN (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York); OTTO DIX (1891 Untermhaus bei Gera - 1969 Singen); GEORGE GROSZ (1893 Berlin - 1959 Berlin); WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866 Moscow - 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine); E.L. KIRCHNER (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch); PAUL KLEE (1879 nr. Berne - 1940 Muralto)

OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (1886 Pöchlarn an der Donau - 1980 Montreux)FRANZ MARC (1880 Munich - 1916 Verdun); EMIL NOLDE (1867 Nolde-1956 Seebüll); EGON SCHIELE (1890 Tulln - 1918 Vienna); Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Emil Nolde, E.L. Kirchner, Paul Klee, Franz Marc as well as the Austrians Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele were among the generation of highly individual artists who contributed to the vivid and often controversial new movement in early twentieth-century Germany and Austria: Expressionism. This publication introduces these artists and their work.The author, art historian Ashley Bassie, explains how Expressionist art led the way to a new, intense, evocative treatment of psychological, emotional and



social themes in the early twentieth century. The book exam

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554499303321

Autore

Timm Daniel Matthias

Titolo

Dschihadismus in Pakistan : Geschichte, Entwicklung, Perspektiven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel/Berlin/Boston : , : Klaus-Schwarz-Verlag GmbH, , 2013

©2021

ISBN

3-11-240236-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 pages)

Collana

Studies on Modern Orient ; ; v.25

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- INHALTSVERZEICHNIS -- Vorwort -- 1 Südasien: Im Epizentrum globaler islamistischer Militanz -- 2 Pakistan - Eine islamische Nation -- 3 Das Militär und die Mullahs: Die Institutionalisierung einer Allianz -- 4 Ein doppeltes Spiel: Islamabad, der Westen und der Kampf gegen den Terror -- 5 Resümee: Pakistan - Ein gescheiterter Staat -- 6 Kontrollierte Aggression: Die Hizb ul-Mugähidin im Kaschmirkonflikt -- 7 Laskar-e Taiba: Eine religiöse Sekte als globaler Akteur -- 8 Vom Verbündeten zum Staatsfeind: Die Gais-e Mohammed -- 9 Exkurs: Homegrown terrorism am Beispiel des Ulm-Sauerländer Netzwerks -- Nachwort -- Anhang