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The City: A Vision in Woodcuts
This graphic novel by an Expressionist master offers a stunning depiction of urban Europe between the world wars. First published in Germany in 1925, it presents 100 woodcuts of remarkable force and beauty that depict scenes of work and leisure, wealth and deprivation, and joy and loneliness.
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
March 10th 2006
by Dover Publications
(first published 1972)
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I am so happy that Dover has made this widely available and that my stepmom had the insight to get it for me.
Expressionist master's 100 woodcuts depicting urban Europe between the world wars.
This book of 100 masterfully done woodcuts is Masereel's interpretation of life in the burgeoning urban centers of Europe between the world wars. It is not a graphic novel without words like the work of Lynd Ward, but more of an expressionistic stream of thought visual treatises on the base nature of humanity in the city. The good and the bad. The beautiful and the ugly. Really amazing and powerful work. After decades of being out of print this has final come back-buy this now before it disapp...more
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An amazing work from 1925 that very beautifully depicts the Industrial Revolution affecting German city life, all depicted in woodcuts. Masereel is an excellent artist and deserves more recognition with this book.
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