{"product_id":"g-detlef-mertins-9781606060391","title":"G: An Avant-Garde Journal of Art, Architecture, Design, and Film, 1923-1926","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1923, the journal \u003ci\u003eG: Material zur Elementaren Gestaltung\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eG: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation\u003c\/i\u003e) helped shape a new phase in the history of the European avant-garde. Founded by Hans Richter, a pioneer of abstract animated film, G featured works by some of the important names in the advanced cultures of Europe: Hans Arp, Walter Benjamin, Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Naum Gabo, Werner Graeff, George Grosz, Hugo H ring, Raoul Hausmann, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Frederick Kiesler, El Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Antoine Pevsner, Man Ray, and Tristan Tzara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition, the first in English translation, preserves the original design by Lissitzky, Richter, and Graeff, and includes essays that explore the role of the journal in its time and in relation to contemporary culture. An introduction analyzes the principles of the journal, situates it in the culture of the early 1920s, and evaluates its achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Detlef Mertins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606060392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606060391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Detlef Mertins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058361561343,"sku":"9781606060391","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cd2e9a5-0210-4ecb-9d74-97ec5e100469.jpg?v=1685052130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/g-detlef-mertins-9781606060391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}