Formzertrümmerung und Formaufbau in der bildenden Kunst; ein Versuch zur Deutung der Kunst unserer Zeit
A 1919 German art-theory book by Otto Grautoff, published in Berlin by E. Wasmuth, examining modern art and its break with traditional form. Its plates are reproductions of historical and modern paintings, some printed sideways on the page, showing crowded interiors, figures in robes, and dramatic tableaux. A designer might take from them the layered compositions of figures against architectural backdrops and the dense, tonal black-and-white halftone rendering.
