Definitions
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- noun total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gesamtkunstwerk, the German word for synthesis of the arts, referring here to an architect's desire to design a space down to its last detail.
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The apartment is a classic example of its owner's love of Gesamtkunstwerk, the German word for synthesis of arts, referring here to the architect's desire to design a space down to its last detail.
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single medium, the term "Gesamtkunstwerk," like many ideas from the past, has taken on a fresh meaning as a new generation of artists makes it its own.
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(Places Wagner's "Gesamtkunstwerk" in the context of the long history of "multimedia," stretching from the Ancient Greeks to present day multimedia conceptions.)
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(Places Wagner's "Gesamtkunstwerk" in the context of the long history of "multimedia," stretching from the Ancient Greeks to present day multimedia conceptions.)
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(Places Wagner's "Gesamtkunstwerk" in the context of the long history of "multimedia," stretching from the Ancient Greeks to present day multimedia conceptions.)
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Of course, Schnabel’s West Village building is an entirely different kind of Gesamtkunstwerk, or total artwork, but it is born from the same fervent attitude that makes Giotto’s blue-backed frescoes so unforgettable.
Artist in Residence Sischy, Ingrid 2008
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"Gesamtkunstwerk" in the context of the long history of "multimedia," stretching from the Ancient Greeks to present day multimedia conceptions.) * Winterbourne, Anthony.
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But though the room itself is a veritable Gesamtkunstwerk, she cautioned that it's not for domestic consumption: Decorating every inch of an interior wouldn't be appropriate for a contemporary residential lifestyle.
Terms of Adornment Jen Renzi 2011
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Barney's cycles of videos, films, and collaborative operas follow the Wagnerian model of presenting an audience a fully immersive sensory and dramatic experience--a total art work, or Gesamtkunstwerk to use Wagner's term.
G. Roger Denson: From Detroit, Egypt: Matthew Barney Resurrects an American God G. Roger Denson 2011
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