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Text Summary 2.3:What can you tell about Weimar
Germany from its culture?
Weimar culture
• Period of exciting cultural developments• Censorship removed• Berlin replaced Paris as cultural capital of
Europe• Developments in painting, cinema,
architecture, design, theatre• Not popular in all sections of German
society• What does Weimar culture tell us?
Painting
• Before war art was not about daily life
• Weimar period saw focus on everyday life
• Art commenting on society
• New objectivity– George Grosz – Otto Dix
Cinema
• Golden age for German cinema
• Fritz Lang – Metropolis
• Marlene Dietrich
Architecture
• Bauhaus
• Art and technology
• Basic shapes and colours
• Economy and simplicity
Theatre
• Theatre well supported but in past it was mostly classic productions
• Weimar period saw new productions – theatre and opera of the time
• Set in 1920s
• Greater realism
Cabaret and nightlife
• Club scene with daring shows and naked dancers
• Shocking change from pre-war
• Transvestite events
• Sex and homosexuality discussed openly
Backlash
• New developments mainly in Berlin and big cities
• Many Germans were shocked by liberal attitudes
• Saw Berlin as sleazy and wanted more traditional values and approaches