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Erich Mercker and "Technical Subjects": Industrial Painting in the Eras of Weimar and Nazi Germany (2008)

Patrick J. Jung (Author)

IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 34
Issue: 1/2
Pages: 149-164

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41473712

Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: THEME ISSUE: IA IN ART
Language: English

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World War I Industry Technology and art Impressionism Exhibitions and fairs Industrial archaeology Exhibition catalogs Expressionism Museum exhibits Painters and painting Art of Industry 20th century Germany Erich Mercker

The Industrial Revolution spawned a sense of amazement as mammoth industrial plants and new technologies dazzled the Western mind with their scope and complexity. However, these same smoke-belching factories also created a sense of anxiety as they radically transformed both the landscape and the social relations that had defined labor for many centuries. Artistic representations of industry, not surprisingly, reflected these contrary sentiments. Early visual depictions of the Industrial Revolution initially continued traditions that had emerged during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and focused upon industrial processes, particularly mechanization, rationalization, and organization. [First paragraph]

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Article Betsy Fahlman (2008) Industrial Archeology and Art: Negotiating the Past and Present. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 5-8). unapi

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