Gesamtkunstwerke
Subtitle: Architektur von Arne Jacobsen und Otto Weitling in Deutschland = architecture by Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weitling in Germany
By: Hendrik Bohle, Jan Dimog (Hg./eds.) ; translator, Joan Clough with Richard Horden
Contributors: Weitling, Otto, 1930- artist; Felleshus der Nordischen Botschaften (Berlin, Germany); Rathaus (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany); Arne-Jacobsen-Foyer (Hannover, Germany); Christianeum (Hamburg-Altona, Hamburg, Germany)
Publisher: Arnoldsche
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Stuttgart, Germany]
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9783897906112
Subjects: Exhibitions; Architects; Biography; German Architecture; Functionalism (Architecture); Architecture
Other titles: Architektur von Arne Jacobsen und Otto Weitling in Deutschland; Architecture by Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weitling in Germany
Description: The architecture by Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weitling is of outstanding importance for post-war modernism in Germany. The calibre of their projects, however, has been forgotten. Gesamtkunstkwerke closes this gap in the appreciation of their work with a comprehensive presentation of seven out of eight German projects by the Danish master architects. Jacobsen and Weitling's Scandinavian functionalism is a reflection of the visions of the former FRG -- designs and commissions grounded in democracy, prestige and efficiency. The publication also takes stock of how the legacy of late modernism is being handled. The journey through the architects' locales leads us to the sea, to model towns and to the intricacies of modernism, prompting a debate in accordance with Otto Weitling: "Pros and cons would be a positive sign because a building that isn't talked about is usually not worth talking about." Exhibition: Felleshus, Nordische Botschaften, Berlin, Germany (30.10.2020 - 10.01.2021) / Fehmarn, Germany (27.03. - 23.05.2021) / Das Rathaus, Mainz, Germany (01.06. - 02.07.2021) / Arne-Jacobsen-Foyer, Hannover, Germany (09.07. - 29.08.2021) / Christianeum, Hamburg, Germany (14.11.2021 - 18.04.2022).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

In German and English translation.