History 1265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Siege Mentality, Oskar Schlemmer, George Grosz
28 Sep 2016
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The glittering image: weimar republic was an experimental ground for ways of livings, bauhaus architecture, walter gropius spent some time at harvard, modernism, oskar schlemmer said there were contradictions within the bauhaus school. Influence of the oriental culture (influence of india) and vegetarianism, and on the other hand, an americanism and progress: marlene dietrich. Der blaue engel (the blue angel: transvestite bar in berlin, walter benjamin. One of the most written about writers of this era. Sought to escape to america by crossing to the pyrenees. Fascinated by 19th century paris the classic modern city. Ends up waiting on the french/spanish border and ends up taking his own life. Capital which seemed in the 19th century to offer the promise of modernity. Paris was the capital of the 19th century . Contexts and conditions: the war changed everything, people"s names changed, georg grosz to george grosz small gesture of embracing the enemy, getting rid of the.
