The enthusiasm for the expressionist metropolis, an architecture of complexity, verticality and theatricality, in the 1920s captured also East-Central Europe. Despite regional differences, the surviving fragments bear witness to a determined will of form and a rich, skilful handling of colour, material and light. Joint together, the buildings tell the story of the expressionist vision of a new modern society. In contemporary photographs and plan drawings Fragment of Metropolis – East documents 170 buildings in Bratislava, Brno, Gdansk, Hradec Kralove, Katowice, Krakow, Legnica, Prague, Szczecin, Usti nad Labem, Warsaw, Wroclaw, as well as many other places. A detailed index and clearly arranged maps complete the reference work.
Including buildings by: Otto Bartning, Peter Behrens, Max Berg, Josef Chochol, Pavils Dreijmanis, Josef Gocar, Pavel Janak, Jan Kotera, Emil Kralicek, Otakar Novotny, Hans Poelzig, Jan Witkiewicz, and many others.
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