Cultural Changes 1924-29

• Weimar artists painted everyday life so that everyone could have access to their art. They wanted to make art that commented on problems in German society, or to make people think.
• Expressionism was popular amongst weimar artists, as it confronted real issues and events such as the world war. It was influenced by artists such as Otto Dix
• Weimar Germany had less restrictions compared to the Kaiser's rule, so there was more expressionism in films
• Architecture also developed in the years 1924-29, traditional ideas of it being challenged
• The bauhaus school was set up in weimar in 1919 by Walter Grupius, an architect. He wanted to bring all creativity such as art, architecture and sculpturing to the school
• The bauhaus school attracted many talented artists which opposed to the traditional art
• After women got the right to vote, 90 percent of women would vote in elections
• Many new films in Nazi germany celebrated modernism and challenged traditional ideas, such as Metropolis and the cat and the canary
• Some of the first horror movies to be created were presented in Germany in the 1920s
• The arts became more popular, as more money could be funded towards it as hyperinflation was over