Otto Dix and Weimar Media Culture by Christian Weikop, Anne R... - 9781800791237

Otto Dix and Weimar Media CultureTime, Fashion and Photography in Portrait Paintings of the Neue Sachlichkeit\nAuthor(s): Christian Weikop, Anne Reimers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers\nISBN-13: 9781800791237, 978-1800791237\nSynopsis\nOtto Dix [tel] was a leading figure of the Neue Sachlichkeit movement in painting in 1920s Germany. This groundbreaking study analyses for the first time in depth the relationship between Dixs verist-realist portrait paintings and the rapidly expanding mass media culture of the Weimar era.\nFocusing on a selection of portraits created in the first half of the 1920s, the book explores four specific aspects: the way in which Dix engaged with fashion and celebrity culture; how he responded to the challenge posed by photography; how he dealt with a situation where black-and-white reproductions were the most common medium through which diverse a.