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Katherine M. Kuenzli
Description: Henry van de Velde: Designing Modernism
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Aalto, Alvar, 1, 6–7, 187, 195, 196, 197
Abstraction: aesthetic unifiying painting, architecture, and the applied arts, 2–4, 6–7, 9, 12, 22, 45, 59, 80, 82, 98, 143, 157, 190
empathy theory, association with, 104, 108–9
gender neutrality of, 4, 12, 73
internationalism and universalism, association with, 3–5, 12, 69, 99, 127, 157
modern art pedagogy, application to, 73, 82–84, 94, 185
musical, Wagnerian aesthetic, association with, 18, 32, 54, 56–57, 61, 112, 115–16, 128, 138, 142, 186
ornament, manifested in, 2, 12–13, 23, 36–37, 39–40, 47, 60–61, 74
“scientific” aesthetics, association with, 16, 27–28, 31, 41, 74–75, 99
Académie royale des beaux-arts de Bruxelles (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels), 162, 168
Adenauer, Konrad, 146
Albert I, King of Belgium, 162, 167
Aldrophe, Alfred, 36
Alechinsky, Pierre, 188
Amsterdam School (architecture), 157
Anarchist Communism, 5, 13–14, 22, 25–28, 40, 46, 83
Angermuseum (Erfurt), 189–90
Ansorge, Conrad, 72
Antwerp World’s Fair (1894), 36
Applied Arts Seminar in Weimar. See Kunstgewerbeseminar
Appia, Adolphe, 142
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für deutsche Handwerkskultur (Workers’ Collective for German Handcraft), 190
Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Work Council for Art), 187
Arp, Hans, 94
Artek, 196
Art Nouveau, 2–3, 36, 98–99, 118, 202n78, 202n81. See also Jugendstil
Arts and Crafts movement (England), 1–2, 12–13, 22–24, 31
Arts and Crafts movement (Finland), 23
Ashbee, C. R., 22
Asplund, Gunnar, 195
Barnowsky, Victor, 142, 214n41
Barr, Alfred Jr., 69, 183, 184. See also Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Bastien-Lepage, Jules, 16
Bauer & Sohn (Weimar), 113
Bauhaus (Dessau), 168, 181, 185–87
Bauhaus (Weimar), 1–3, 7, 98, 152
Bauhaus exhibition (1923), 185, 187–88, 189
founding of, 94–95, 184
Gesamtkunstwerk, pursuit of, 185–86
historiography, 187
instructors, 185, 187
internationalism, 185, 187
students, 185, 186
workshop production, 185
Vorkurs (preliminary course), 186
Bayer, Herbert, 187
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 150
Behne, Adolf, 135–36, 142, 152
Behrens, Peter: AEG Company (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft), designs for, 122, 123
Darmstadt Artists’ Colony, contributions to 57
Folkwang Museum in Hagen, contribution to, 55, 64, 65, 149
German Werkbund, participation in, 133, 197
German Werkbund Congress (Cologne 1914), 149
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne 1914), contribution to, 132, 136, 149–50
Kröller-Müller Museum, 160
Kunstgewerbeschule (Applied Arts School) Düsseldorf, directorship of, 82
theater designs, 142, 147–49, 186
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition in Dresden, contributions to, 98, 103
Belgischer Stil (Belgian style), 98
Belgium: civil administration (WWII), 172–73, 175
colonialism, 13, 36, 40–41
government in exile (WWII), 172
industrialization, 13
linguistic divisions, 13
Benjamin, Walter, 202n78
Berg, Max, Centennial Hall, 4
Bergner, Otto, 109
Bergson, Henri, 169
Berlage, Hendrik Petrus, 160
Bernard, Claude, 16
Bernard, Émile, 64
Bert, Paul, 16
Bertsch, Karl, 121
Biedermeier style, 103, 115
Bigot, Alexandre, 80
Bill, Max, 188–89
Bing, Siegfried, 2, 9, 26, 57, 199n2. See also Maison de l’Art Nouveau
Blaue Reiter, der. See der Blaue Reiter
Blum, Léon, 172
Boccioni, Umberto, 184
Böcklin, Arnold, 59
Bonnard, Pierre, 56
Börner, Helene, 185, 208n70
Bosselt, Rudolf, 103
Bourgeois, Victor, 168–69
Brandt, Marianne, 185
Brauchitsch, Margarete von. See von Brauchitsch, Margarete
Bremmer, Hendricus Peter, 160, 161
Brentano, Sophie (“Sissi”), 143
Breton, Jules, 16
Breuer, Marcel, 196
Breuer, Robert, 119
Brinckmann, Julius, 66
Brücke, die. See die Brücke
Bruno & Paul Cassirer Galerie (Berlin), 60
Brussels International Exposition (1897), 13, 36–40. See also Congolese Pavilion
Bürck, Paul, 54, 64
Bürgel (Thuringia), ceramics: 78, 79–81, 185
Keramik-Museum (ceramics museum) Bürgel, 82
Cambridge University Library, 162–63
Central Association of Belgian Architects, 172, 175
Cézanne, Paul, 2, 54, 59, 63, 66, 147, 181, 205n66
Chevreul, Michel-Eugène, 12, 14–16, 21–22, 39, 61, 211n64
“scientific” aesthetics applied to industry and manufacturing, 26
“scientific” aesthetics applied to modern art pedagogy, 84
Chipperfield, David, 183
CIAM. See Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne
Cižek, Franz, 186
Cloquet, Jean-Norbert, 162. See also Ghent University, Central Library and Art History and Archaeology Institute
CoBrA, 6, 188
colonialism and modern art, 12–13, 36–40, 202n81
Commissariat général à la restauration du pays (CGRP) (General Commission for the Restoration of the Nation), 173, 174, 175
Comtesse de Béarn, 140
Congo Free State, 36
Congolese Pavilion, 13, 36, 37–38, 39–40, 202n81
Kasai textiles, 40. See also Brussels International Exposition
Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne (CIAM) (International Congresses of Modern Architecture), 168, 176
Constructivism, 168–69
copyright, 207n44. See also trademark
Corbusier, le. See Le Corbusier
Corot, Camille, 56
Count Harry Kessler, 43, 71, 92
Art and Applied Arts Museum (Weimar), direction of, 72, 82, 92, 138
empathy theory, engagement with, 105–6, 202n72, 207n18
Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and the Nietzsche Archive, support of, 44, 57, 72, 74, 213n17
Henry van de Velde, promotion of, 43–44, 71, 74, 76, 86, 92, 97–98, 138, 140, 155–56, 209n20
New Weimar, orchestration of, 72, 76, 86, 94, 115–16, 138, 140, 194, 213n17
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, contributions to, 97–98
World War I, actions during, 155–56
Count Louis Sparre, 23
Count Morton Douglas, 99
Craig, Edward Gordon, 127
abstract aesthetic in stage design, 116, 117, 128, 138, 140, 142, 146, 148, 186
modern architecture, influence on, 157
new lighting technologies, employment of, 2, 138, 148
New Weimar, contributions to, 72, 115–16
Crane, Walter, 13, 14, 22–24, 25
Crespin, Adolphe, 37
Cross, Henri-Edmond, 64
Crystal Palace Exhibition (London, 1851), 114
Curie, Marie, 169
Dalcroze, Émile Jacques. See Jacques-Dalcroze, Émile
Darmstadt Artists’ Colony, 54, 57, 204n23
Däubler, Theodor, 147
Debschitz, Wilhelm. See von Debschitz, Wilhelm
Debussy, Claude, 14, 32
Degas, Edgar, 115
de Klerk, Michel, 157
de Man, Henri, 5–6
cult of personality, 171
Henry van de Velde, partnership with, 155, 171–72, 175–76, 187, 197
internationalism and pacifism, 171, 175
minister of Public Works (Belgium), 171
Office de redressement économique (OREC, or Office of Economic Recovery), 5, 171–72, 175, 217n43
Plan de travail (Labor Plan), 171
World War II, actions during, 172, 175–76
Deneken, Friedrich, 66–68
Denis, Maurice, 54, 56, 106, 108, 138, 210n24
der Blaue Reiter, 65, 190, 206n86
De Stijl, 157, 187
Dettling, Georg, 84
Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst (German Workshops for Arts and Crafts), 118, 121, 124. See also Schmidt, Karl; Dresdener Werkstätten für Handwerksunst (Dresden Workshops for Arts and Crafts)
Deventer, Sam van. See van Deventer, Sam
Dicker, Friedl, 186
die Brücke, 63, 65
Divisionism, 18–19, 21–22
Dörfner, Otto, 185, 187
Dotremont, Christian, 188
Dresdener Werkstätten für Handwerksunst (Dresden Workshops for Arts and Crafts), 78, 97, 103–4, 121
Dudok, Willem, 157
Dujardin, Édouard, 16, 18, 32
Dumont, Louise, 115, 138
Duncan, Isadora, 147
Dürer, Albrecht, 90
Duyck, Édouard, 37
Eberstein, Franz, 80
Eckmann, Otto, 212n13
École nationale supérieure des arts visuels (ENSAV) de La Cambre, 217n33. See also Institut supérieur des arts décoratifs
École supérieure d’architecture et des arts décoratifs de La Cambre, 188. See also Institut supérieur des arts décoratifs
Eggericx, Jean-Jules, 172
Einstein, Albert, 169
Einstein, Carl, 206n86
Empathy theory. See Einfühlung
Einfühlung (empathy) theory, 4, 104–5, 108, 186. See also Lipps, Theodor
Endell, August, 3, 131, 148, 150, 152, 186, 215n68
Ensor, James, 14
Expressionist architecture, 131, 179, 190
Fachverband für die wirtschaftlichen Interessen des Kunstgewerbes (Association for the Economic Interests of the Crafts), 118, 124
Fascist arts policies, 169
Nazi Germany, 169, 172–73, 174, 175–76
Stalinist Russia, 169, 172
Mussolini’s Italy, 169
Fauré, Gabriel, 14
Fechner, Gustav, 12, 58, 104
Fénéon, Félix, 16–17
Féré, Charles, 31
Feuerbach, Anselm, 59
Finch, Alfred William (Willy): ceramics, 25, 31, 82, 83
English Arts and Crafts movement, dissemination of, 22–23
Finnish Arts and Crafts movement, 23, 25, 82, 83, 188, 194
Les XX, 14, 23, 26
Neo-Impressionism, 23, 24
Fischer, Alfred, 180
Fischer, Theodor, 132, 181
Folkwang Museum (Essen), 46, 68, 190
buildings, 180–83, 218n7
education and outreach, 69, 180, 182
federal government support of, 180–81
influence, 69, 180, 182–84
juxtapositions of artworks from different places and time periods, 68–69, 180, 182, 183
modern European art, collection of, 181, 182
Nazi takeover, 183
photographs of interior displays by Albert Renger-Patzsch, 181–83
photography department, 182, 218n12
private apartment, inclusion of, 182
transfer of Karl Ernst Osthaus’s collection to, 46, 68, 180
Folkwang Museum (Hagen), 2, 5, 45, 49, 50, 51
Deutsche Museum für Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe (German Museum for Art in Commerce and Trade), location of, 119
documentation of, 203n14
education and outreach, 45, 54–55
influence, 47, 64, 67–69, 160–62, 180–84
juxtapositions of artworks from different places and time periods, 45–47, 52, 59–60, 64, 68–69, 206n86
modern European art, collection of, 45, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55–56, 59, 61, 63
private apartment, inclusion of, 54–55
relationship to applied arts museums, 65, 205n61
sale of the collection to Essen, 46, 68, 180, 203n13
studio for practicing artists, 55. See also under van de Velde, Henry; Osthaus, Karl Ernst
Folkwangschule für Gestaltung (Folkwang Design School), 180, 218n12
Folkwangschule für Musik, Tanz, und Sprechen (Folkwang School for Music, Dance, and Speech), 55, 68, 180
Folkwang Verlag (Folkwang Press), 182, 206n86
Förster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth, 44, 71–74
Fortuny, Mariano, 128, 138, 140, 142
Franck, Philipp, 92, 94
Freie Universität (Free University) in Berlin, 190
Frosterus, Sigurd: assistant to Henry van de Velde in Weimar, 187, 194
Helsinki Railway Station competition, 194
influence on Finnish modernism, 187
Fuchs, Georg, 140, 142
Fuhrmann, Ernst, 182
Fuller, Loïe, 115, 128, 138, 140, 142
Gade, Svend, 214n43
Galerie Arnold (Dresden), 205n59
Gauguin, Paul, 14, 22
Folkwang Museum (Hagen) collection of works by, 2, 47, 48, 54, 57, 59, 63, 64
Gebauer, Carl, proprietor of the Thonwaren- und Majolikafabrik Carl Gebauer, 80, 81, 84, 94
General Commission for the Restoration of the Nation. See Commissariat général à la restauration du pays (CGRP)
Gérard, Carl, 44, 45, 64
German military occupation of Belgium, 5, 155–56, 162, 172–77, 197
Commissariat general à la restauration du pays (CGRP) (General Commission for the Restoration of the Nation), 173, 174, 175
German Werkbund, 2
Congress (1909), 119–24, 146, 148
founding of, 118, 124
nationalism, 127, 146
Weißenhof Estate, 168. See also under Behrens, Peter; Muthesius, Hermann; Naumann, Friedrich; Obrist, Hermann; Osthaus, Karl Ernst. See also German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne, 1914)
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne, 1914), 94
Congress (1914), 3, 128, 131, 147, 151, 190
“individualism,” 131, 135, 137–38, 146–47, 149, 151, 152, 212n6
nationalism, 146
planning and organization, 127, 132, 135, 149–50
site plan, 137
theater arts section, 142, 214n43. See also German Werkbund
Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art); abstract visual language, contribution to, 3, 56
German nationalism, relationship to, 150
modern architecture, relationship to, 132, 138, 157
modern art pedagogy, structuring of, 1, 72–73
modernist museum, display strategies of, 43, 45–46, 54, 63, 69
National Socialism in Germany, cooption of, 131–32, 177
New Weimar, goals of, 72, 90
theater building and stage design, 2, 114–15, 128, 131–33, 137–38, 146, 153
Gesellius, Herman, 194, 195
Ghent University, Central Library and Art History and Archaeology Institute, 155, 162, 163–66, 176, 216n25
Gide, André, 72, 140
Giedion, Sigfried, 6, 196
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 58, 71–73, 76, 90, 135
publishing industry, dissemination of works, 120
works of: Faust, 141, 142, 143, 146–47
West-östlicher Divan (West-Eastern Divan), 120
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship) and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre (Wilhelm Meister’s Journeyman Years), 72, 76
Goethe and Schiller Archive, 72, 74
Goethehaus (Weimar), 72–73, 90, 91
Gogh, Vincent van. See van Gogh, Vincent
Goncourt, Edmond and Jules, 5
Gosebruch, Ernst, 68–69, 180–83
Grand Ducal Saxon School of Applied Arts. See Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule
Grand Ducal Saxon School of Fine Arts. See Großherzoglich-Sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 71, 77. See also Weimar
Grand Duke Karl August, 71, 83, 86, 94
Grand Duke Karl Alexander, 79, 86
Greenberg, Clement, 4
Grimard, René, 168
Gropius, Walter: Bauhaus, director of, 2, 94–95, 131, 152, 185–87
Fagus Factory, 4
Folkwang Museum, contribution to, 205n61
Internationale Architektur, 131, 152–53
German Werkbund Congress (Cologne 1914), contribution to, 131
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne 1914), contribution to, 128, 135–36, 146, 152–53
Henry van de Velde, relationship to, 131, 152–53, 168, 172, 184–85, 187
theater designs, 3, 152, 185–86, 219n29
Großherzoglich-Sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Fine Arts in Weimar): Bauhaus Exhibition (1923), site for, 187–88, 189
building, 86, 87, 89, 189
curriculum, 92, 185
directorship, 86, 92
enrollment, 86, 92, 94
instructors, 86, 106
reception, 92, 94
relationship to the Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Applied Arts), 85–87, 89, 92, 94, 208n48
students, 185
transition to the Bauhaus, 94–95, 184–85, 218n21
Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Applied Arts in Weimar), 2, 73
Bauhaus Exhibition (1923), site for, 187–88, 189
building, 86–87, 88–89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 189
curriculum, 72–73, 77–78, 82–86, 185, 208n48
enrollment, 86, 92, 93, 94, 190, 208n70
funding, 83, 94, 209n73
influence, 184–90
instructors, 93, 185, 187, 208n70
origin in the Kunstgewerbeseminar (Applied Arts Seminar) and Kunstgewerbeinstitut (Institute of Applied Arts), 71, 77–78, 83
partnership with local manufacturers, 84–85, 94, 218n21
reception, 92, 94
relationship to the Großherzoglich-Sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Fine Arts), 85–87, 89, 92, 94
students, 84, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 185, 218n25
resignation of Henry van de Velde as director, 151, 156, 213n26, 215n75, 216n22
transition to the Bauhaus, 94–95, 152, 184–85, 208n65, 218n21
Guillaume, Paul, 64
Guimard, Hector, 26
Haenel, Erich, 104–5
Hagener Handfertigkeitsseminar (Hagen Seminar on Handicraft), 188
Hammacher, Abraham Marie, 176
Hankar, Paul, 36, 37, 38
Hanke, August, proprietor of Steinzeugfabrik und Kunsttöpferei Reinhold Hanke, 75, 76. See also Westerwald ceramics
Hardt, Ernst, 142, 152
Hartleben, Otto Erich, 147
Hauptmann, Gerhard, 72
Heckel, Erich, 182
Heckroth, Hein, 180
Heinemann, Daniel, 157
Heinemann Hospice, 6, 155, 157, 158–60, 176, 216n10
Hellweg, Fritz Helmholtz, Hermann von. See von Helmholtz, Hermann
Henning, Paul Rudolf, 190, 192
Henry, Charles: “scientific” aesthetic applied to painting, the applied arts, and architecture, 4, 12, 15–16, 23, 26–28, 31, 33, 39–41, 59, 99, 200n25
“scientific” aesthetic’s resonance in Germany, 44, 105–6
“scientific” aesthetic and modern art pedagogy, 84
Wagnerism, connections to, 18
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 71
Herrmann, Curt, 67, 101
Heymans, Adrien-Joseph, 14
Hirschberg, Käte, 190
Hirschwald, Hermann, 44, 78, 101. See also Hohenzollern Kunstgewerbehaus (Arts and Crafts House) in Berlin
Hobé, Georges, 36
Hodler, Ferdinand, 63, 66, 147, 181
Hofjuwelier Theodor Müller (Court jeweler Theodor Müller) in Weimar, 112, 113, 124
Hohenzollern Kunstgewerbehaus (Arts and Crafts House) in Berlin, 101, 102
Hölzel, Adolf, 186
Horst-Schulze, Paul, 67
Horta, Victor, 13, 26, 36, 162. See also Maison du peuple (House of the People), Brussels
Hostettler, Emil, 164
Hübotter, Wilhelm, 157
Humbert de Superville, David Pierre Giottino, 59
Huysmans, Camille, 167, 176
Ibsen, Henrik, 43, 66, 72, 150, 194
Institut supérieur des arts décoratifs (ISAD), Brussels, 5, 162, 168, 172–73, 175, 188, 217n33, 217n58
International Art Exhibition (Dresden, 1897), 43, 97
International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, 169
International Congresses of Modern Architecture. See Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne
Iofan, Boris, 172
Iris Workshops, Porvoo Finland, 23, 25, 82, 83, 188
Itten, Johannes, 186
Jäckh, Ernst, 127, 132, 146, 149–50
Jacques-Dalcroze, Émile, 140, 142
Johnson, Philip, 183–84
Jooss, Kurt, 68, 180
Jugendstil, 3
commerce, association with, 78, 99, 103
Henry van de Velde, association with and rejection of, 2, 98–99, 101, 104, 118, 132, 138, 209n9, 212–13n13. See also Art Nouveau
Justi, Ludwig, 180
Kahn, Louis I., 176
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (Krefeld), 66–68, 68, 94
Kandinsky, Wassily, 4, 187
Kaufmann, Josef, 164.
Kessler, Harry Count. See Count Harry Kessler
Khnopff, Fernand, 14
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig, 55, 63
Klee, Paul, 187
Klerk, Michel de. See de Klerk, Michel
Klimt, Gustav, 54
Klinger, Max, 14, 54, 72, 206n9
Nietzsche Archive, contribution to, 74, 75, 76
Koetschau, Karl, 54
Köhn, Heinz, 183
Körner, Edmund, 181–82
Kötschau, Georg, 85
Kolbe, Georg, 128–29, 135, 143
Kolde, Ellen, 85
Königliche Kunst- und Kunstgewerbeschule (Royal Art and Applied Arts School) in Breslau, 82
Körner, Edmund, 181–83
Kramer, Piet, 157
Krehan, Max, 185
Kröller, Anton, 156, 160, 162, 164, 167
Kröller-Müller, Helene, 156, 160, 162, 164, 167
Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo), 6, 155–56
art collection, 161
Folkwang Museum as model, 160–61, 180, 182
“Museum on the Franse Berg in Hoenderloo,” 160, 161
park and memorials to Georges Seurat and Friedrich Nietzsche, 160
“provisional” museum (1937), 164, 166–67 217n32
reception and influence, 155, 176, 184
Wagnerism, 161
World War II operation of, 176
Kronprinzenpalais (Crown Prince’s Palace) (Berlin), 180
Kropotkin, Peter, 22, 25, 27
Kunstgewerbe (applied arts), concept of, 77–78
Kunstgewerbeseminar (Applied Arts Seminar) in Weimar, 73, 77–78, 82–83, 86
Kunstgewerbeschule (Applied Arts School) in Stuttgart, 82–83
Kunstsalon Keller und Reiner (Berlin), 60
Laforgue, Jules, 16
La Libre esthétique, 118
La Revue wagnérienne, 18, 56
L’Art décoratif/Dekorative Kunst, 9, 10, 31, 43, 79, 202n74. See also Meier-Graefe, Julius
L’Art moderne, 22, 40
Lauweriks, Jan Ludovicus Mathieu, 55, 156–57, 188
League of Nations, 5, 169
Le Corbusier, 6, 217n64
Lehr- und Versuchs-Ateliers für angewandte und freie Kunst (Instructional and Experimental Studios for Applied and Fine Arts), 82, 92. See also Obrist, Hermann
Leistikow, Walter, 66–67
Lemmen, Georges, 14, 26
Leonardo da Vinci, 104
Leopold II, King, 36
Leopold III, King, 172
Les XX, 2, 13–14, 16, 18, 26, 36, 40
Liebrechts, Charles, 39
Lindgren, Armas, 194, 195
Lipps, Theodor: aesthetics of, 104–5, 108–9, 112–14
Henry van de Velde, relationship to, 77, 98, 106, 108–9, 112–14, 202n72, 207n18, 209n20. See also Einfühlung (empathy)
Liszt, Franz, 72, 90
Littmann, Max, 4, 214n38
Loos, Adolf, 12, 202n79
Luce, Maximilien, 14
Luckhardt, Hans and Wassili, 217n64
Luther, Martin, 71
Lux, Joseph August, 109
Macdonald, Margaret, 31
Mackensen, Fritz, 92
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 31, 86
Magnel, Gustave, 162. See also Ghent University, Central Library and Art History and Archaeology Institute
Maillol, Aristide, 52, 106
Maison de l’Art Nouveau, 9, 57, 118, 199n2. See also Bing, Siegfried
Maison du peuple (House of the People), Brussels, 13, 26
People’s Theater (Théâtre populaire) movement, 143, 146
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 14–15, 18, 56
Man, Henri de. See de Man, Henri
Manet, Édouard, 45, 54
Mann, Heinrich, 147
Maraini, Antonio, 169
Matisse, Henri, 47, 48, 54, 57, 63, 147, 181, 182, 204n30
Maus, Octave, 23
May, Ernst, 159, 195
Meier-Graefe, Julius, 9, 10, 12, 31, 39–40, 43
Die Entwickelungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst: Vergleichende Betrachtung der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Ästhetik (Developmental history of modern art: comparative consideration of the fine arts, as a contribution to a new aesthetic), 55–60, 74, 204n35, 204n39
Folkwang Museum (Hagen), association with, 44, 54, 55–61, 65, 74
in Berlin, 43
in Paris, 56
internationalism, 56, 65–67
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, commentary on, 66–67
Kröller-Müller Museum, relationship to, 160–62
Maison de l’Art Nouveau, contribution to, 199n2
Nietzscheanism, 56–59, 204n39
Raumkunst, concept of, 56–57
Mendelsohn, Erich, 3, 6–7, 179
C. A. Herpich Söhne department store, 190, 192
dynamic functionalism, 190, 191–93, 194
Einstein Tower, 190, 191
Mossehaus, 190, 192
Werkbund Theater, appreciation of, 131–32, 190, 212n9
Merkelbach, Reinhold, 82
Meunier, Constantin, 61
Meyer, Adolf, 128
Meyer, Hannes, 168
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 160, 218n25
Millet, Jean-François, 14, 16
Minne, Georg, 14, 47, 48, 52, 57, 61, 64, 181
Modernism: Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), relationship to, 131–32, 137, 152–53
historiography of, 3–7, 13, 156, 176–77
museums, relationship to, 44–45, 60, 63–65, 69, 180, 183–84
Modersohn-Becker, Paula, 182
Moholy-Nagy, László, 186
Mohrbutter, Alfred, 67
Mondrian, Piet, 161
Morris, William, 3, 5, 71, 120
commercial production, involvement in, 76
Gothic art, appreciation and emulation of, 12
machine technology, rejection of, 1, 22, 188
Socialism, involvement in, 13, 23–25, 146
wallpaper designs, 27, 28
Muche, Georg, 187
Munch, Edvard, 66, 194
Munich Applied Arts Exhibition (1876), 97
Munsell, Albert H., 26
Museum of Modern Art (New York), 2, 69, 183–84, 218n17
Mussolini, Benito, 169
Muthesius, Hermann: German Werkbund, contributions to, 98, 118, 148–49, 197
German Werkbund Congress (1914), role in, 3, 128, 131
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne 1914), contributions to, 127, 132, 135–36, 146–47, 149–50, 151
style, critique of, 101, 103, 209n9
Third German Applied Art Exhibition, contributions to, 101, 103, 132
Mutzenbecher, Kurt, 106, 210n25
Nabis, the, 56, 57, 138
National Socialism (Germany). See Fascist arts policies; German military occupation of Belgium; Paris World’s Fair (1937). See also under van de Velde, Henry
Naturalism, in painting, 14
in stage design, 142, 147
Naumann, Friedrich, 3, 118–20, 128
Neo-Impressionism: Anarchist Communist dimensions of, 14, 22, 25
applied arts and architecture, connection to, 3, 19, 21–22, 26, 32, 80, 83, 90, 92,108, 138, 188
in Belgium, 14–16, 18–23, 25–26, 31–32, 82
Folkwang Museum (Hagen), collection of, 53
in Germany, 44–45, 53, 55–56, 72, 80, 83, 94, 187
musical dimensions of, 18
in the Netherlands, 161–62, 167
in Scandinavia, 82, 188
scientific dimensions of, 9, 14–18
Neumann, Max, 80
Neutra, Richard, 190, 192
Newhall, Beaumont, 184
New Building (Neues Bauen) movement, 131, 157, 175, 190, 195
New York World’s Fair (1939), 172
Niemeyer, Adelbert, 121
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 43
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, appreciation of, 58, 72, 76
Lebenskunst (art of living), concept of, 54, 57–58, 182
in Weimar, 72, 74
martyr cult of, 58, 74, 75–76, 86
Nietzschean aesthetics, 44–45, 57–58, 60–61, 65–66, 68, 74–77, 83, 94, 133, 160
Richard Wagner and Wagnerism, association with, 56, 72–73; 115, 148
works of: Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), 44, 57–58, 74
Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy), 57, 115, 150
Menschliches, Allzumenschliches (Human, All Too Human), 58
and Morgenröthe (The Dawn), 58. See also Förster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth; Nietzsche Archive
Nietzsche Archive, 44, 72–74, 75–76
Nike of Samothrace, 183
Nolde, Emil, 55, 63, 182, 183
Obrist, Hermann: Bürgel ceramics, design of, 79
German nationalism, 150
German Werkbund, participation in, 149
German Werkbund Congress (Cologne 1914), contribution to, 131, 147
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne 1914), contribution to, 128, 131, 135–37, 147, 149–52
Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), definition of, 150
Lehr- und Versuchs-Ateliers für angewandte und freie Kunst (Instructional and Experimental Studios for Applied and Fine Arts), instruction at, 82, 92, 150
Tastempfindung (tactile sensation), 151
theater experimentation in Munich, involvement in, 150, 215n68
Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Art in Handicraft) in Munich, contribution to, 78
Obrist, Hermann, lectures and writings by: “Deutsche und undeutsche Kunst” (“German and Un-German Art”), 150
“Neue Möglichkeiten in der bildenden Kunst” (“New Possibilities in the Visual Arts”), 150–51
“Zweckmäßig oder phantasievoll?” (“Functional or Imaginative?”), 150
Obrist, Hermann, works of: Fountain, 130, 135–37, 149–51, 213n20
milk pitcher, 79
Movement, 130, 135–37, 151, 152, 213n20
sculptural reliefs for the Werkbund Theater, 128, 130, 135–37, 151, 213n21
Office de redressement économique (OREC, or Office of Economic Recovery), Belgium, 5, 171–72, 175, 217n43. See also under de Man, Henri
Oeschger, Alfred, 164
Olde, Hans, 74, 75, 86, 92, 94
Oppler-Legband, Else, 218n25
Osthaus, Gertrud, 55, 64
Osthaus, Karl Ernst, 5, 92, 192
Deutsche Museum für Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe (German Museum for Art in Commerce and Trade), founding and direction of, 119, 149
Folkwang Museum (Hagen), founding and direction of, 44–46, 54–55, 65, 149, 160
German nationalism, endorsement of, 46, 54–55, 66, 137, 146–49, 151–52
German Werkbund, participation in, 55, 98, 118–19, 121, 131, 137
German Werkbund Congress (Cologne 1914), role in, 131
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne 1914), contribution to, 127, 146–49
Hohenhagen, 149
Hohenhof, 63, 204n30, 210n28
Neo-Impressionism, appreciation of, 32
Nietzscheanism, 44–45, 54–55
publicist and promoter of Henry van de Velde, 32, 54, 92, 108, 112, 118, 127, 131, 137, 146–52
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, response to, 104, 108, 112
women artists, support for, 46, 55
World War I, activity during, 55, 65, 68, 149, 151–52
Osthaus, Karl Ernst, writings by: “Die Kunst der Bühne” (“The Art of the Stage”), 147–48
“Das Schaufenster,” 146, 148
“Der Werkbund-Gedanke” (“The Werkbund Idea”), 146–48
“Germany and Belgium in Twentieth-Century Art,” 149
“The Ghent Universal Exhibition,” 149
“Heinrich van de Velde,” 149
“Strasbourg,” 149
“To Henry van de Velde,” 149, 152
Osthaus Museum, 46, 203n13
Oud, J. J. P., 6, 173
Pankok, Bernhard, 67, 78, 82, 131, 208n60
Paris World’s Fair (1937), 169
Belgian Pavilion, 171, 172, 190, 192
German Pavilion, 172
Soviet Pavilion, 172.
Parti ouvrier belge (POB) (Belgian Labor Party), 5, 13
colonialism, views of, 39
Henri de Man, theorist of, 171
Henry van de Velde, relationship to, 162, 167–68, 175
Section d’art, sponsorship of, 13, 26
Théâtre populaire (People’s Theater) movement, 143, 146
Parti socialiste belge (Belgian Socialist Party), 175
Peiffer-Watenphul, Max, 186
Perret, Auguste, 6, 140, 173, 217n64
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 6, 7, 13, 23
Picard, Edmond, 40
Picasso, Pablo, 184
Piscator, Erwin, 3, 219n29
Pissarro, Camille, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25
Pissarro, Lucien, 138
Poelzig, Hans, 82, 131
Popular Front government (France), 172
Quellinus School, Amsterdam, 188
Reclus, Élisée, 22, 25, 27–28, 39–40
Redslob, Edwin, 189–90
Rehorst, Carl, 132
Reich, Lilly, 218n25
Reinhardt, Max, 2, 140, 142, 190
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, 181–83, 218n12
Renoir, Auguste, 54, 63
Riemerschmid, Richard, 55, 67, 147
Dresdener Werkstätten für Handwerksunst (Dresden Workshops for Arts and Crafts), designs for, 103, 119
German Werkbund, contributions to, 151
Munich Schauspielhaus, design of, 150
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition in Dresden, contributions to, 98, 103–4, 105
Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Art in Handicraft), designs for, 78
Westerwald ceramics, designs for, 83
Rocco, Alfredo, 169
Rodin, Auguste, 14, 53, 74, 180–81, 182
Rogers, James Gamble, 162
Rohlfs, Christian, 55
Rood, Ogden: scientific theories of color perception, 4, 12, 14–16, 33, 61
scientific theories of color perception applied to industry and manufacturing, 26
scientific theories of color perception applied to modern art pedagogy, 78, 84, 90, 92
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 171
Rosemann, Heinz Rudolf, 173, 175
Rosenhagen, Hans, 72
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels. See Académie royale des beaux-arts de Bruxelles Rubin, William, 69
Ruhr Valley and Hagen, 5, 44, 46, 54, 156, 180–83
Ruskin, John, 1, 13, 22–23, 146, 188
Rysselberghe, Théo van. See van Rysselberghe, Théo
Saarinen, Eliel, 7, 23, 194, 195
Sacharoff, Alexander, 128, 147
Sachs, Paul, 69, 183
Schack, C. A., 80
Scandinavian modernism, 179, 187, 194–96
Scheper, Hinnerk, 181
Schickele, René, 215–16n77
Schiller, Friedrich, 71–72, 135, 147–48
Schillerhaus (Schiller House) in Weimar, 72
Schlaf, Johannes
Schlemmer, Oskar, 1, 181, 186, 188, 189
Schmidt, Joost, 94, 185, 187–88, 189
Schmidt, Karl, 78, 97, 103–4, 118, 121. See also Dresdener Werkstätten für Handwerksunst (Dresden Workshops for Arts and Crafts); Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst (German Workshops for Arts and Crafts)
School of Applied Arts (in Weimar). See Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Applied Arts)
School of Fine Arts (in Weimar). See Großherzoglich-Sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Fine Arts)
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 58, 115, 147
Schulz-Dornburg, Rudolf, 180
Schultze-Naumburg, Paul, 78, 79
Schumacher, Fritz, 97, 101, 103, 104, 118
Scott, Giles Gilbert, 162–63
Second German Applied Arts Exhibition (Munich, 1888), 97
Seeligmüller, Dorothea, 84, 187, 208n70
Semper, Gottfried, 65, 98
Der Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten; oder Praktische Ästhetik (Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts, or Practical Aesthetics), 97, 114–16, 211n64
Richard Wagner, association with, 114–15
Serrurier-Bovy, Gustave, 36, 37
Sèthe, Maria. See van de Velde, Maria Sèthe
Seurat, Georges, 3–4, 11
Folkwang Museum in Hagen, collection of, 32, 53, 216n20
Kröller-Müller Museum, collection of, 32, 160–62; 167
reception of, 10, 12, 14–15, 18, 19, 21, 25, 32, 56–58
scientific theories of perception, understanding of, 9, 14–16
Wagnerism, association with, 18–19, 56, 138, 201n38
Sezessionstil (Secession style), 98, 103. See also Vienna Secession
Shakespeare, William, 72
Signac, Paul, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 26
Snead Company (New Jersey), 164
Sombart, Werner, 121
South Kensington Museum, 65
Sparre, Count Louis. See Count Louis Sparre
Speer, Albert, 172, 217n64
Staatliches Bauhaus (Weimar). See Bauhaus (Weimar)
Steger, Milly, 55, 143
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, 162–64
Strauss, Richard, 72
Strindberg, August, 43, 194
Sumner, (George) Heywood, 23
Swiss Industries Fair (Basel, 1949), 188
Swiss National Library, 164.
Symbolism: in literature, 15–16, 18
in theater design, 2, 138
Taut, Bruno, 3, 55, 146
Arbeitsrat für Kunst, 187
Folkwang School, designs for, 204n28
German Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne 1914), contributions to, 128, 136, 146
German Werkbund Congress (Cologne 1914), role in, 131
Tessenow, Heinrich, 4, 142
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 108, 138, 140, 210n27
Théâtre populaire (People’s Theater) movement, 143, 146, 153
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition (Dresden, 1906), 103–8, 112–14
German Werkbund, relationship to, 97–99, 118, 124
goals, 97, 99, 101
Kunstindustrie (Industrial Art), concept of and exhibition section devoted to, 98, 112, 114, 119–22
nationalism, 120
Raumkunst (Interior Art), concept of and exhibition section devoted to, 98, 103–5, 107, 210n25. See also under Behrens, Peter; Count Harry Kessler; Muthesius, Hermann; Naumann, Friedrich; Osthaus, Karl Ernst; Riemerschmid, Richard; Schumacher, Fritz; van de Velde, Henry, works of; von Hofmann, Ludwig
Thomas, Gabriel, 140
Thorn Prikker, Johan, 55, 181
total work of art. See Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art); Totalitarian art; Fascist arts policies
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 31, 115, 138, 139
trademark, 99, 100–102, 122, 123, 148, 207n44
Ulrich, Katharina, 90, 91, 92, 93
Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung), 6, 188–89
Undeutsch, Paul, 187
United Workshops for Art in Handicraft (Munich). See Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk
Universal Exposition (Ghent, 1913), 94
Universal Exposition (Paris, 1900), 40
Université libre (Free University) in Brussels, 27, 175
Université nouvelle (New University) in Brussels, 27
van Beethoven, Ludwig. See Beethoven, Ludwig van
van de Velde, Henry: advisory work to manufacturers in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 3, 5, 71, 73, 76–82, 94, 122–24, 167, 218n21
anti-Semitism, 121
apoliticism, 5, 13, 23–25, 28, 39, 149, 155–56, 168–69, 176, 197
art pedagogy in Belgium, 27, 162, 168–69, 184, 188
art pedagogy in Weimar, 1, 3, 5, 72–73, 77–78, 82–86, 92, 94, 184–87
civil servant in Belgium, work as, 5, 167–69, 170–71, 172–73, 174, 175–77
colonialism, endorsement of, 5, 12–13, 36–40, 169
commerce and commercial design, critical engagement with, 3, 16, 78, 98–99, 100–102, 118–25, 148
electric lighting designs, 3, 77, 98, 109, 128, 138, 140, 142–43, 168–69, 190, 192
functionalism in architecture and design, definition of, 4, 13, 60–61, 86–87, 90, 131, 135, 143, 164, 166, 168–69, 175
gender, views on, 5, 31, 45–46, 73, 92, 208n68, 208n70
historiography of, 3–6, 13, 131–32, 156, 176, 196–97, 202n78, 212n6, 212–13n13
individualism, definition of, 3, 25, 27, 33, 118, 131, 135, 137, 146–51, 202n78, 212n6
industrial production, views on, 4–5, 9, 16, 22, 25, 39
internationalism and pacifism, 2, 5–7, 46, 60, 65, 90, 137–38, 143, 146, 149, 151, 153, 155–56, 168–69, 171, 175–77, 187, 216n77, 215–16n77
iron construction and engineering, embrace of, 1, 60–61, 62, 67, 86–87, 112, 115, 155, 162, 164, 168–69
National Socialism (Germany), relationship to, 7, 156, 169, 177
New Style, formulation and implementation of, 2–3, 98–99, 104, 115–16, 118, 120, 123–25, 172, 175, 177, 207n44, 211n57
New Weimar, contribution to, 72
Nietzscheanism, definition of, 3, 44–45, 58, 60–61, 72–76, 90, 133
ornament, formulation of, 2, 12–13, 18, 23, 25, 27, 31, 36, 37, 39–41, 60–61, 84, 85, 114
painted frames, use of, 19–21, 201n40
Parti ouvrier belge (POB, or Belgian Labor Party), relationship to, 13
rural life, preference for, 3, 14, 16, 18, 21, 148
Socialist Realism, rejection of, 169
state-sponsorship for modern design, advocacy for, 122–24, 169, 171, 177
unfinished memoir, 5, 173, 176, 199–200n11
“Van-de-Velde-Stil” (Van-de-Velde Style), 78, 98
women’s reform dresses, designs for, 23, 32, 35, 67
workshops of, 43, 101
World War I, activity during, 2, 5–6, 137, 151–53, 155–56, 162, 214–15n48, 216n5
World War II, activity during, 5–7, 155–56, 172–73, 174, 175–77, 196–97
xenophobia, victim of, 73–74, 120, 140, 149, 152
van de Velde, Henry, works of: L’Art décoratif’s Paris office interior, 10, 12
Belgian Pavilion (Paris, 1937), 171, 172, 190, 192
Belgian Pavilion (New York, 1939), 172
Bloemenwerf, 31, 32–33, 35, 44, 53, 216n20
bowl manufactured by Thonwaren- und Majolikafabrik Carl Gebauer, 81
Campanula, 27, 29
clay pipes manufactured by Bauer & Sohn, 113
Congolese Pavilion, Export Room, 37, 38, 39, 202n81
Continental Havana Company, salesroom and trademark, 99, 101, 102
Dahlia, 27, 28
Dumont Theater, 115, 138, 213n32
Dynamographic Lines, 27–28, 30, 31, 202n74
Faits du village (Village Life) series, 18
La faneuse (Haymaking), 21
Femme assise à la fenêtre (Woman at the Window), 18, 19
Folkwang Museum interior, 44–46, 47–53, 54, 60–61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 203n14
Ghent University, Central Library and Art History and Archaeology Institute, 155, 162, 163–66, 176
Großherzoglich-Sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Fine Arts) building, 86, 87, 89, 189
Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule (Grand Ducal Saxon School of Applied Arts) building, 86–87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 189
Heinemann Hospice, 6, 155, 157, 158–60, 176
Hohenhof, 63
Hohenzollern Kunstgewerbehaus (Arts and Crafts House), store and graphics, 102
Jardin à Kalmthout (Garden at Kalmthout), 19, 20, 21
jewelry and buttons manufactured by Hofjuwelier Theodor Müller, 112, 113
Kröller-Müller Museum, 6, 155–56, 160, 161, 164, 166–67, 176
La Veillée d’anges (The Angels’ Watch), 21, 22
Mer et ciel: Synthèse rhythmique (Sea and Sky: Rhythmic Synthesis), 81
Nietzsche Archive interior, 44, 74, 75
passenger train cars for the Belgian National Railway, 169
Prince Baudouin ocean liner, 168–69, 170, 188
silver plate manufactured by Hofjuwelier Theodor Müller, 112, 113
teapot manufactured by Thonwaren- und Majolikafabrik Carl Gebauer, 80
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 108, 138, 140
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, dining room, 106
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, museum hall, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110–11, 112, 114, 116, 120
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, music room, 106, 108
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, Weimar Collective Room (Kollektivraum Weimar), 112–13, 116, 118, 120, 124
Tropon poster and product packaging, 99, 100–101, 122
Tulip, 27
vase manufactured by Steinzeugfabrik und Kunsttöpferei Reinhold Hanke, 75–76
Werkbund Theater, delays and restrictions, 135, 146
Werkbund Theater exterior, 128, 130, 135, 136, 138, 140, 143, 152, 212n9
Werkbund Theater, interior and tripartite stage, 133–34, 136, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143–45, 146, 214n37, 214n41
Werkbund Theater productions, 128, 142, 146
Werkbund Theater, reception and historiography, 3–4, 6, 131–32, 135–37, 142, 146–49, 152–53, 212n6
Werkbund Theater, sculptural program, 128, 130, 135–37, 143, 149–51
van de Velde, Henry, writings by: “Adrien-Joseph Heymans: Étude” (“Adrien-Joseph Heymans: A Study”), 14
“Alter und moderner Christbaumschmuck: Die Glasbläser von Lauscha bei der Arbeit” (“Traditional and Modern Christmas Ornaments: The Glass Blowers of Lauscha at Work”), 148
“Déblaiement d’art” (“Clearing the Terrain of Art”), 121
“Die Belebung des Stoffes als Schönheitsprincip” (“Giving Life to Matter as a Principle of Beauty”), 105
“Die Linie” (“The Line”), 115
“Die Kolonial-Ausstellung Tervueren” (“The Colonial Exposition in Tervuren”), 39
“Du Paysan en peinture” (“On the Peasant in Painting”), 16
“Ein Brunnen von Hermann Obrist” (“A Fountain by Hermann Obrist”), 149
“Kunst und Industrie” (“Art and Industry”), 119–23
“Künstlerwerkstätten” (“Artistic Workshops”), 120–21
“La Reconstruction et l’esthétique” (“Reconstruction and Aesthetics”), 175
“Notizen von einer Reise nach Griechenland” (“Notes on a Voyage to Greece”), 116
“Prinzipielle Erklärungen” (“Declaration of Principles”), 61, 67, 98
“Seurat,” 14–15
“Une Prédication d’art” (“A Sermon for Art”), 36
Vom neuen Stil (Of the New Style), 115–16
“Werkstätten für Handwerks-Kunst” (“Arts and Crafts Workshops”), 78
“William Morris, artisan et socialiste” (“William Morris: Artisan and Socialist”), 5
van de Velde, Maria Sèthe, 23, 31, 34, 44
women’s reform dresses, contributions to, 23, 32, 35, 67
van der Swaelmen, Louis, 172
van der Woude, Hugo, 67
Vandervelde, Émile, 39, 171
van Deventer, Sam, 176
van Eetvelde, Edmond, 5, 36, 39
van Engelen, G, 162. See also Ghent University, Central Library and Art History and Archaeology Institute
van Gogh, Vincent: Folkwang Museum (Hagen), collection of works by, 2, 53, 54, 59, 63, 66
Kröller-Müller Museum, collection of works by, 161
Les XX, exhibitions at, 14, 19, 20
modern aesthetics, relationship to, 56–57, 59, 138
modern aesthetics applied to industrial art, views on, 26, 205n55
Museum of Modern Art, retrospective of, 184
van Isacker, Philip, 168
van Rysselberghe, Théo, 14, 26, 31, 32, 34, 72, 202n85
van Zeeland, Paul, 169, 171
Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Art in Handicraft) in Munich, 3, 78
Verhaeren, Émile, 14–16, 19, 128, 141, 146, 202n85, 214n41, 214–15n48
Verwilghen, Charles, 173
Verwilghen, Raphaël, 172–73
Vichy France, 156, 173
Vienna Secession, 2, 40, 54, 57, 99, 204n23. See also Sezessionstil (Secession style)
Vogt, Paul, 183
von Bodenhausen, Eberhard, 43–44, 76, 99
von Brauchitsch, Margarete, 67
von Debschitz, Wilhelm, 82, 92. See also Lehr- und Versuchs-Ateliers für angewandte und freie Kunst (Instructional and Experimental Studios for Applied and Fine Arts)
von Falkenhausen, General Alexander, 173
von Helmholtz, Hermann, 12, 61
von Hofmann, Ludwig: German Werkbund Exhibition (1914), contributions to, 133, 135, 143, 145
Third German Applied Arts Exhibition, contributions to, 106, 107–8, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116
von Hofmannsthal, Hugo, 72
von Laban, Rudolf, 180
von Mutzenbecher, Kurt, 210n25
von Wolzogen, Ernst, 150, 215n68
Voysey, Charles, 22–23, 31
Vuillard, Édouard, 56, 63, 138, 140
Wagner, Cosima, 115
Wagner, Otto, 40
Wagner, Richard, 2, 18, 32, 45, 55–57, 148
Bayreuth Festival Theater, 18–19, 33, 138
German nationalism, association with, 150
Gottfried Semper, association with, 114–15
musical dramas, stagings of, 140
in Weimar, 71–72
Wagnerism, 18–19, 32, 56, 161. See also Gesamtkunstwerk
Weimar, court and town in Germany, 71–74
Wendingen, 157
Werkbund. See German Werkbund
Werkbund Exhibition. See German Werkbund Exhibition
Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst in Dresden. See Dresdener Werkstätten für Handwerksunst (Dresden Workshops for Arts and Crafts)
Westberg, Hugo, 187
Westerwald ceramics, 75, 76, 78, 82. See also Hanke, August
Whistler, James McNeill, 7
Wieland, Christoph Martin, 71
Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), 2
Wijeveld, Hendrik, 157
Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 56
Wirbiral, Dora, 84, 187, 208n70
Wolters, J, 162. See also Ghent University, Central Library and Art History and Archaeology Institute
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 194
Wunderlich, Anna, 85
Wundt, Wilhelm, 4, 12, 58, 104–5
Wurster, William, 194
Wyzéwa, Téodor de, 16, 18, 32–33, 56, 201n38
Young, Thomas, 12, 15
Zeitler, Julius, 57, 60, 76, 90
Zweig, Stefan, 146
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