Weimar Culture

Question 1

Name 2 famous artists

what was their artwork about?

Answer 1

George Grosz & Otto Dix

criticised politicians & highlighted gap between rich & poor.

Question 2

Name a famous actress in the film industry and director

Answer 2

Marlene Dietrich international star

Fritz Lang famous film Metropolis

Question 3

Explain how nightlife became liberated and daring

Answer 3

cabaret artists performed songs criticised p
sexual references
G cam centre for new plays by dramatists-Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill

Question 4

Name one famous literature piece of this time.

Answer 4

All quiet on the western Front.-anti-war novel

Question 5

How did design improve?

Answer 5

Bauhaus movement designed everything.

believed in modern simple practical designs rather than fancy elaborated designs

Question 6

Why did some Germans hate these new changes?

Name specific group that hated these new developements.

Answer 6

new changes in arts leading G into moral decline -want old traditional values
Nazi Party.1933 came to power W artists/performers had to flee G