本书在纽约新画廊成立20周年之际出版，通过研究1890年至1940年奥地利和德国的历史发展，赞颂了德语世界现代艺术的各种成就。

本书通篇配有博物馆藏品的精美复制品，考虑了弗里德里希·尼采（Friedrich Nietzsche）及其著作对美术的影响，并研究了慕尼黑、维也纳和柏林的分离主义艺术家组织的成立。由奥地利和德国艺术领域的专家撰写的富有洞察力的文章追溯了表现主义和抽象主义的出现，以及达达和新客观主义等运动的发展。通过工艺美术运动的遗产以及达姆施塔特艺术家园和维也纳工作室的建立，探讨了建筑、工艺和设计领域的演变。该书还研究了德国工人联合会的作用和包豪斯学校的建立。最后，本书简要论述了国家社会主义者的堕落艺术运动的可怕影响，该运动造成了不可估量的损失，导致了那个时代的艺术家和设计师的流亡和死亡。从奥托·迪克斯、约瑟夫·霍夫曼、瓦西里·康定斯基、保罗·克利、古斯塔夫·克里姆特和埃贡·席勒等知名艺术家，到阿尔伯特·伯克勒、理查德·格斯特尔、卡尔·胡布赫、阿尔弗雷德·库宾、费利克斯·努斯鲍姆和达戈贝尔·佩奇等知名度较低但同样重要的人物，本书以一种权威的、引人入胜的、万花筒般的视角审视了历史上的一个关键时刻，并描绘了永远改变我们生活中体验艺术的方式的激进思想。

Published on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Neue Galerie New York, this stunning volume celebrates the varied achievements of modern art in the German-speaking world by examining historical developments in Austria and Germany from 1890 to 1940.

Illustrated throughout with exquisite reproductions of the museum’s holdings, this book considers the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche and his writings on the fine arts and examines the founding of the Secessionist artists' organizations in Munich, Vienna, and Berlin. Insightful essays written by experts in the field of Austrian and German art trace the emergence of Expressionism and abstraction, as well as the development of such movements as Dada and New Objectivity. Evolutions in the areas of architecture, craft, and design are addressed through the legacy of the Arts and Crafts movement, as well as the establishment of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony and the Wiener Werkstätte. The book also examines the role of the German Werkbund and the founding of the Bauhaus school. Finally, the book briefly addresses the horrific impact of the National Socialists’ degenerate art campaign, which resulted in incalculable damage and led to the exile and death of artists and designers of the era. From well-

known artists such as Otto Dix, Josef Hoffmann, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele, to lesser recognized but equally important figures, including Albert Birkle, Richard Gerstl, Karl Hubbuch, Alfred Kubin, Felix Nussbaum, and Dagobert Peche, this book offers an authoritative, fascinating and kaleidoscopic look at a crucial moment in history and a portrait of radical thought that changed forever the way we experience art in our lives.