Cultural changes in the Weimar Republic

Question 1

Art

Answer 1

-Painters like Otto Dix often pained expressionist versions of scenes from Germany which were very critical of German society
-Otto Dix painted ‘Grey day’ which used expressionist images of people to show boredom of most people’s lives.

Question 2

Architecture

Answer 2

-Architects like Erich Mendelsohn were influenced by the Bauhaus school of design. When Mendelsohn was asked to design the Einstein Tower, he designed a futuristic tower which looked like a rocket. It was unlike anything seen before

Question 3

Cinema

Answer 3

-Films became popular all over the world in the 1920s. Some German films were very innovative.
-‘‘The cabinet of Dr. Caligari’’ one of the first horror films.
-‘‘Metropolis’’ directed by Fritz Lang was released in 1926, was a science fiction film about life and technology in the 20th century