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Gesamtkunstwerk

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Gesamtkunstwerk

Work of art that combines different art forms – for example, music, poetry, dance, painting – integrating them so that none dominates the others. The term was used by the composer Richard Wagner and remains particularly associated with his music-dramas. See also mixed media.



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