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Neue Sachlichkeit
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Movement in German painting in the 1920s and early 1930s reflecting the resignation and cynicism of the post-war period. The name was coined in 1923 by Gustav Hartlaub, director of the Kunsthalle, Mannheim, and used as the title of an exhibition he staged there in 1925, featuring ‘artists who have retained or regained their fidelity to positive tangible reality'. The movement was not characterized by a unified style or by any kind of group affiliation, but its major trend involved the use of meticulous detail and violent satire to portray the face of evil. This marked a continuation of the interest in social criticism that had characterized much of Expressionism, but Neue Sachlichkeit rejected the abstract tendencies of the Blaue Reiter, in which Expressionism had reached its high point just before the First World War. Dix and Grosz were the greatest figures of the movement, which was dissipated in the 1930s with the rise of the Nazis (see NATIONAL SOCIALIST ART). Other artists associated with Neue Sachlichkeit include Conrad Felixmüller, Christian Schad, and Rudolf Schlichter, and among lesser figures Heinrich Davringhausen (1894–1970), who turned to abstraction after he settled in France in 1936, Alexander Kanoldt (1881–1939), Anton Räderscheidt (1892–1970), who also turned to abstract painting after the Second World War, and Georg Scholz (1890–1945). Georg Schrimpf is also sometimes embraced by the term, although his connection was one of technique rather than subject. See also MAGIC REALISM.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-NeueSachlichkeit.html IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-NeueSachlichkeit.html |
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Neue Sachlichkeit
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Movement in German painting in the 1920s and early 1930s reflecting the resignation and cynicism of the post-war period. The name was coined in 1923 by Gustav Hartlaub, director of the Kunsthalle, Mannheim, and used as the title of an exhibition he staged there in 1925, featuring ‘artists who have retained or regained their fidelity to positive tangible reality’. The movement was not characterized by a unified style or by any kind of group affiliation, but its major trend involved the use of meticulous detail and violent satire to portray the face of evil. This marked a continuation of the interest in social criticism that had characterized much of Expressionism, but Neue Sachlichkeit rejected the abstract tendencies of the Blaue Reiter, in which Expressionism had reached its high point just before the First World War. Dix and Grosz were the greatest figures of the movement, which was dissipated in the 1930s with the rise of the Nazis. Other artists associated with Neue Sachlichkeit include Conrad Felixmüller (1897–1977), Christian Schad (1894–1982), and Rudolf Schlichter (1890–1955).
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IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-NeueSachlichkeit.html IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-NeueSachlichkeit.html |
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Neue Sachlichkeit
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Movement in German painting in the 1920s and early 1930s reflecting the resignation and cynicism of the post-war period. The name was coined in 1923 by Gustav Hartlaub, director of the Kunsthalle, Mannheim, and used as the title of an exhibition he staged there in 1925, featuring ‘artists who have retained or regained their fidelity to positive tangible reality’. The movement was not characterized by a unified style or by any kind of group affiliation, but its major trend involved the use of meticulous detail and violent satire to portray the face of evil. This marked a continuation of the interest in social criticism that had characterized much of Expressionism, but Neue Sachlichkeit rejected the abstract tendencies of the Blaue Reiter, in which Expressionism had reached its high point just before the First World War. Dix and Grosz were the greatest figures of the movement, which was dissipated in the 1930s with the rise of the Nazis. Other artists associated with Neue Sachlichkeit include Conrad Felixmüller (1897–1977), Christian Schad (1894–1982), and Rudolf Schlichter (1890–1955).
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IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-NeueSachlichkeit.html IAN CHILVERS. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-NeueSachlichkeit.html |
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Neue Sachlichkeit
Neue Sachlichkeit. Term coined in 1923 to describe the ‘so-called ‘New Objectivity’’ in art and architecture, especially in the Weimar Republic in Germany. A reaction to Expressionism, it was associated with the development of Rationalism and the International Modernist style.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Neue Sachlichkeit." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Neue Sachlichkeit." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-NeueSachlichkeit.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Neue Sachlichkeit." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-NeueSachlichkeit.html |
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Neue Sachlichkeit
Neue Sachlichkeit see new objectivity . |
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"Neue Sachlichkeit." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-NeueSach.html "Neue Sachlichkeit." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-NeueSach.html |
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