Article ID: CBB016073968

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

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Patrick J. Jung (Author)


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


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

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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Authors & Contributors
Betsy Fahlman
Jadviga M. da Costa Nunes
John H. Kopmeier
Cody Hartley
Wouter F. Renaud
James R. Kieselburg
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Technology and art
Artists
Art of Industry
Museum exhibits
Industry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Cornwall, England
England
Italy
Germany
Institutions
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
Haeger Potteries
Rice Museum (Georgetown, SC)
Olivetti S.p.A (Firm)
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