Binding: Paperback
Description: Uncovers the interplay of the physical and the aesthetic that shaped Viennese modernism and offers a new interpretation of this moment in the history of the West. Viennese modernism is often described in terms of a fin - de - si cle fascination with the psyche. But this stereotype of the movement as essentially cerebral overlooks a rich cultural history of the body. The Naked Truth an interdisciplinary tour de force addresses this lacuna fundamentally recasting the visual literary and performative cultures of Viennese modernism through an innovative focus on the corporeal. Alys X. George explores the modernist focus on the flesh by turning our attention to the second Vienna medical school which revolutionized the field of anatomy in the 1800s. As she traces the results of this materialist influence across a broad range of cultural forms exhibitions literature portraiture dance film and more George brings into dialogue a diverse group of historical protagonists from canonical figures such as Egon Schiele Arthur Schnitzler Joseph Roth and Hugo von Hofmannsthal to long - overlooked ones including author and doctor Marie Pappenheim journalist Else Feldmann and dancers Grete Wiesenthal Gertrud Bodenwieser and Hilde Holger. She deftly blends analyses of popular and high culture laying to rest the notion that Viennese modernism was an exclusively male movement. The Naked Truth uncovers the complex interplay of the physical and the aesthetic that shaped modernism and offers a striking new interpretation of this fascinating moment in the history of the West.
Title: The Naked Truth Viennese Modernism And The Body
Author(s): George Alys X.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226819969
Pages: 328 Pages, 43 Halftones
Publication Date: 1/21/2022
Category: Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion