Weimar Society

Weimar Society

Education should lead to the spiritual unity of the nation

Teachers in Weimar Germany enacted positive education reforms

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Unified Public School System (Einheitsschule)

Resistance

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Albert Einstein Nobel Peace Price winner in Physics. Rose to prominence in Berlin as one of

the pioneers of quantum mechanics which many argue was born in Weimar Germany.

Source:Albert Einstein. Digital image. Web. 24 Apr. 2012. <http://www.lowdensitylifestyle.com/media/uploads/2011/01/AlbertEinstein.jpg>.

In the Weimar’s fourteen years there was massive intellectual productivity, where many German artists made various significant contributions in the fields literature, art, architecture, music, dance, drama and film. Fall of Monarch gave room for artistic radicalism, this was also very evident between 1924-29

German Expressionism German silent cinema was arguably far

ahead of cinema in Hollywood Pioneer of Horror and Film Noir

Source:Metropolis. Digital image. Web. 24 Apr. 2012. <http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/files/2010/09/metropolis01.jpg>.

Source:Nosferatu. Digital image. Web. <http://filmusik.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nosferatu01.jpg>.

New Objectivity Strayed away from expressionism and

fantasy and focused on depicted the real world.

They did not belong to a formal group

Source:New Objectivity. Digital image. Http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2008/08/clear-objectives.html. Web. 24 Apr. 2012.

Verism a reference to the Roman classical 

Verism approach called verus, meaning "truth", warts and all

Showed cynical criticism of German life

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Bauhaus Bauhaus-style designs are distinctive,

and synonymous with modern design.  Made design and architecture have a

more artistic element to it, rather than just a practical one.

Conclusion

Works Cited

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