A Gesamtkunstwerk (translated as total work of art, ideal work of art, universal artwork, synthesis of the arts, comprehensive artwork, all-embracing art form or total artwork) is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so. The term is a German word which has come to be accepted in English as a term in aesthetics. Th...
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(from the article `Debussy, Claude`) ...and Modest Mussorgsky. Wagner fulfilled the sensuous ambitions not only of composers but also of the Symbolist poets and the Impressionist ... ...introduced a system of steam vents to make a steam curtain to hide scene changes. For him the theatre could no longer be the aggregate of the ... ......
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A total, unified work of art according to the aesthetic ideals of Richard Wagner.
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Term introduced by Wagner meaning a ‘Total work of art’/ all-embracing art form that makes use of all or many art forms
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Literally, “collected art work,” a fusion of all the arts into one unified whole—music, poetry, drama, dance, and the visual arts.
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a work of art that incorporates all or many art forms
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