Etymology

gesamtkunstwerk

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Today it means: Total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts. Full definition →

German Gesamtkunstwerk
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  1. German · borrowed fromGesamtkunstwerk“total artwork”
  2. English todayGesamtkunstwerk

From German Gesamtkunstwerk (“total artwork”), synthesis of the arts; used by the composer Richard Wagner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.