Gesamtkunstwerk

A total work of art, a sumptuous aesthetic journey, a complete artistic creation which, through prodigious efforts, embraces visuals, experience and performance. These are the ideals at the heart of the Gesamtkunstwerk. The term was popularized by the German composer Richard Wagner in 1849.

What Is a 'Gesamtkunstwerk'? (And 5 Key Examples)

• The Operas of Richard Wagner, late 19th century.
• The Red House, 1859.
• The Blue Rider Almanac.
• The Bauhaus, 1919.
• John Cage and the Black Mountain College Happenings, 1950s.

total art work Wagner's conception of Gesamtkunstwerk (“total art work”) encouraged artists to refine upon their emotional responses and to exteriorize their hidden dream states, often in a shadowy, incomplete form; hence the more tenuous nature of the work of Wagner's French disciples.

composer Richard Wagner Trahndorff, and the concept was popularized by the composer Richard Wagner. Earlier works intended to be examples of Gesamtkunstwerk were often operas, an art form that combined several others, but the word has also frequently been used to describe architecture.

Wagner, known primarily for his operas, revolutionized musical theater through his concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, which loosely translates to “complete work of art.” He defined Gesamtkunstwerk as the synthesis of many art forms into one cohesive oeuvre.

Etymology. Compound of gesamt (“whole, total”) +‎ Kunstwerk (“piece of art”).

So how do you say this german word. Kunst is.

Cinema's integration of image, word, and music promised a fulfillment of the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or “total work of art,” which Wagner propagated at one stage of his career. His informal system of assigning leitmotifs to characters and themes became a defining trait of film scores.

Wagner, known primarily for his operas, revolutionized musical theater through his concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, which loosely translates to “complete work of art.” He defined Gesamtkunstwerk as the synthesis of many art forms into one cohesive oeuvre.

whole, entire whole, entire. die gesamte Familie all the family, the whole or entire family.

(Ger.). Unified work of art. Wagner's term for a dramatic work in which drama, music, poetry, song, and paintings should be united into a new and complete art‐form.

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