{"product_id":"weimar-surfaces-urban-visual-culture-in-1920s-germany","title":"Weimar Surfaces: Urban Visual Culture in 1920s Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Janet Ward\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This outstanding book has retrieved all the luminous qualities of its subject matter to produce an astonishing revelation of gleaming appearances on splendid display. It is unrivaled by any previous study.\"—Marcus Bullock, coeditor of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWalter Benjamin: Selected Writings 1913-26\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWeimar Surfaces\u003c\/em\u003e creates provocative new connections between the historical constellations that found a privileged expression in Weimar Berlin and the more contemporary debates on the legacies of modernism and modernity. A compelling study.\"—Sabine Hake, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Cinema's Third Machine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Janet Ward's study of Weimar architecture and design is the most comprehensive and integrated study of the surface of Weimar experience yet written. . . . A first-rate and stimulating book.\"—Sander L. Gilman, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eHysteria Beyond Freud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGermany of the 1920s offers a stunning moment in modernity, a time when surface values first became determinants of taste, activity, and occupation: modernity was still modern, spectacle was still spectacular. Janet Ward's luminous study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual culture, analyzing the power that 1920s Germany holds for today's visual codes of consumerism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of California Press, 2001 \u003cbr\u003e6.1 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780520222991\u003cbr\u003eGerman History, Urban Studies, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6348660805,"sku":"9780520222991","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Weimar-Surfaces-Urban-Visual-Culture-in-1920s-Germany_Janet-Ward.jpg?v=1591639620","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/weimar-surfaces-urban-visual-culture-in-1920s-germany","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}