BERLIN METROPOLIS 1918-1933

This lavishly illustrated book examines Berlin in depth during a period of explosive growth between the two world wars. Between 1871 and 1919, the population of Berlin quadrupled, and the city became the political center of Germany, as well as the turbulent crossroads of the modern age. This was reflected in the work of artists, directors, writers, and critics of the time. As an imperial capital, Berlin was the site of violent political revolution and radical aesthetic innovation. After the Germandefeat in World War I, artists employed collage to challengetraditional concepts of art. Berlin Dadaists reflected uponthe horrors of war, and the terrors of revolution and civil war.Between 1924 and 1929 as the spirit of modernity took hold, jazz, posters, magazines, advertisements, and cinema playeda central role in the development of Berlin's urban experience.The concept of the Neue Frau--the modern, emancipatedwoman-helped move the city in a new direction. Finally, Berlinbecame a stage for political confrontation between the leftand the right and was deeply affected by the economic crisisand mass unemployment at the end of the 1920s. This bookexplores in numerous essays and illustrations the artistic, cultural, and social upheavals in Berlin between 1918 and 1933, and places them in a broader historical framework.