Weimar culture
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Weimar culture refers to the vibrant, experimental, and often politically charged artistic and intellectual life that flourished in Germany during the Weimar Republic (1918–1933), encompassing innovations in theater, film, visual arts, literature, and music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural movement
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historical period in culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Bauhaus
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Die Pfeffermühle cabaret ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin cabarets
Frankfurt School ⓘ UFA film studios ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Expressionism
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surface form:
German Expressionism
New Objectivity ⓘ |
| center |
Berlin
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Frankfurt am Main ⓘ Hamburg ⓘ Munich ⓘ Weimar ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | World War I ⓘ |
| endedWith | Nazi seizure of power ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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cabaret ⓘ dance ⓘ film ⓘ journalism ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy ⓘ photography ⓘ social theory ⓘ theater ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
avant-garde
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cosmopolitan ⓘ experimental ⓘ modernist ⓘ politically charged ⓘ secular ⓘ sexually liberal ⓘ socially critical ⓘ technologically oriented ⓘ urban ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern architecture
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modern film ⓘ modern graphic design ⓘ modern literature ⓘ modern music ⓘ modern theater ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Constructivism
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Dada ⓘ Expressionism ⓘ Marxism ⓘ New Objectivity ⓘ mass industrialization ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| legacy |
inspiration for later countercultures
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reference point for liberal democracy in Germany ⓘ symbol of interwar modernism ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Alfred Döblin
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Bertolt Brecht ⓘ Erich Maria Remarque ⓘ Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ Ernst Toller ⓘ F. W. Murnau ⓘ Fritz Lang ⓘ George Grosz ⓘ Hannah Höch ⓘ Kurt Weill ⓘ Lotte Lenya ⓘ Marlene Dietrich ⓘ Max Reinhardt ⓘ Otto Dix ⓘ Paul Klee ⓘ Siegfried Kracauer ⓘ Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ Thomas Mann ⓘ Walter Benjamin ⓘ Walter Gropius ⓘ Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Berlin Alexanderplatz ⓘ M ⓘ Metropolis ⓘ The Blue Angel ⓘ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ The Threepenny Opera ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
economic crisis
ⓘ
hyperinflation ⓘ postwar democracy ⓘ rise of extremism ⓘ |
| socialContext |
LGBT subcultures
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consumer culture ⓘ mass entertainment ⓘ women’s emancipation ⓘ |
| startTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
poster design
ⓘ
print media ⓘ radio ⓘ sound film ⓘ |
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Weimar Republic cinema
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Weimar cinema
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Weimar Republic cinema
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Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl
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German expressionist cinema
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Lonely Metropolitan
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Weimar-era avant-garde
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Weimar cinema era
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Weimar cabaret
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Weimar Republic avant-garde
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German theatre of the Weimar Republic
this entity surface form:
Weimar cinema
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Weimar Republic literature
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Weimar Republic cinema
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Weimar art scene
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Weimar modernism
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Weimar Republic design