GER 1790 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Der Blaue Reiter, Franz Marc, Weimar Culture
Document Summary
Wwi and its reflection in culture and art: After 1900 deep divisions, and a multitude of styles, approaches and forms existed in germany. Calls for a new age of revolutionary thinking. Disorientation, anxiety, fear in the face of a threatening, but incomprehensible environment. Emphasis on subjectivity, emotional intensity, and radicalism. Was written by kurt tucholsky in 1924 is based on august 1, 1914 in germany. Example of official art: monument of the battle of nations by leipzig (1913) Key sculpture: the avenger by ernst barlach (1914) Was a race to increase economic influence. Was an arms race, and a long, drawn-out war. June 1914: assassination of the austrian heir to the throne. November 1918: military leaders who lost the war were handed over to civilian authorities. During wwi, berlin, ontario was renamed kitchener, ontario in 1916 after field marshall herbert. Gerechte verteidigung = self-defence; it was amplified by the press ad public discourse.
