Meaning of Gesamtkunstwerk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gesamtkunstwerk.
   alt-of
2. Total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts.

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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.”

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