Weimar Arts (Golden Age)
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- Created on: 31-03-22 16:44
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- Weimar Golden Age: Arts
- Art
- Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity)
- WWI experiences and the collapse of Monastic rule was the inspiration of artistic culture
- Old forms of art left behind and instead, pursued a style influenced by social realism
- Dada movement
- Hannah Hoch and George Grosz
- Disapproved of war and had an 'anything goes' rule
- Bauhaus
- Music
- Music became more expressive
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Modal writing
- Gebrauchmusik
- Music written for a purpose (film, theatre)
- Development of Zeitopera (Opera of the time)
- Reflect issues of the day from LW perspective
- Cabaret + Theatre
- Berlin had 40 theatres and 120 newspapers/magazines
- Challenged Paris: The center of theatre
- American investment resulted in celebration and increased spending
- Germany developed the idea of Cabaret in France (1880s) and renamed it Kabarett
- Explicit dancing and light-hearted songs mocked politicians
- Ebert and Hitler mocked often
- Explicit dancing and light-hearted songs mocked politicians
- Transvestites and other LGBTQ groups were prominent
- Berlin had 40 theatres and 120 newspapers/magazines
- Architecture
- Similar materials used as before, but in innovative ways
- Eg: Buildings would only be made of concrete
- Bauhaus school under Walter Gropius was one of the most famous schools
- Extensive use of tubular steel and synthetics so it could be mass produced at a lower cost
- Furniture became more minimalistic and streamlined to be more comfy
- Similar materials used as before, but in innovative ways
- Radio
- Used in 1920s for communication
- 4 million sets in 1930
- Used to democratize culture
- Also used by radical LW as propaganda
- Art
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