Culture in Weimar Flashcards
What was Neue Sachlichkeit?
Art which commented on society and is understandable for ordinary people
What was utilitarianism?
Art with a function and is also aesthetically pleasing
What type of literature was encouraged in Weimar Germany?
Less about personal experiences
More writing about SOCIAL and POLITICAL PURPOSE
Major novelists in Weimar Germany
Zweig
Hesse
Mann
What was Atonality?
Music which lacks a tonal centre
Created by Arnold Schoenberg
What was Gebrauchsmusik?
Music with a practical purpose
Allowed music to have a mass audience
What was Zeitopera?
Opera which reflected on modern issues such as the radical left
What was Zeittheater?
Theatre based on everyday life
Used actions to convey a political message
What was Cabaret?
Was satirical and permissive theatre
Extremely sexualised
Who founded the Bauhaus?
Walter Gropius
What was the Bauhaus?
Main German art school
What was the Bauhaus slogan?
‘Art and Technology - a new unity’
What was functionalism?
Lack of decorative features to make the function of a building clear
Major Weimar artists
Georg Grosz
Otto Dix
