Bernhard Hoetger: The Plane Tree Grove: A Total Artwork on the Mathildenhöhe - Hardcover

Ralf Beil; Philipp Gutbrod

 
9783777420271: Bernhard Hoetger: The Plane Tree Grove: A Total Artwork on the Mathildenhöhe

Synopsis

Bernhard Hoetger s sculptures for the Plane Tree Grove on the Mathildenhöhe were the artistic highlight of the last exhibition of the Darmstadt artists colony in 1914: over 40 sculptural works across the entire garden area of the Mathildenhöhe, constituting an emphatic artistic synthesis of the circle of life. This volume discusses the 40 sculptures within the context of the Art Deco movement in Germany.

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About the Authors

Ralf Beil is General Director of the World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte since 2020.

Philipp Gutbrod is an art historian and director of the museum Institut Mathildenhohe in Darmstadt, Germany.

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