Meaning of Gesamtkunstwerk | Babel Free
/ɡəˈsɑmtkʊnstˌvɚk/Definitions
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Alternative letter-case form of Gesamtkunstwerk. alt-of
- Total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Gesamtkunstwerk
Suomi
kokonaistaideteos
Examples
“Andre Emmerich, Mr. Hockney's longtime New York dealer, said: "There's a nice German word, gesamtkunstwerk. It means the entirety is a work of art."”
“References to the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, abound in modernist discourse in the disciplines of art and architectural history ...”
“The original PokéRap is no Gesamtkunstwerk.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.