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AR 346 Selected Topics in Art History;
The Weimar Republic: Art and Culture
Steven Michael Vroom: Instructor
Course Description: A critical survey of thepainting, sculpture, architecture. Film, music, theater, litterature, posters, little reviews, chapbooks, and other printed ephemera produced by avant-garde artistic communities in Germany from 1914 to 1933
Course Requirements: (1.) Two 5-7 page essays which examine a particular aspect of Weimar culture. MLA or Chicago Manuel of Style will be used. [45% each] (2) Class attendance is a factor in final evaluation [10%].
Course Textbooks: {available at the University Book Store}
Kaes, Anton {[et al] eds.}, The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, 1994, University of California Press [ISBN: 0-520-06775-4]
Willet, John, Art and Politics in the Weimar Period: The New Sobriety 1917-1933, 1996, DaCapo Press [ISBN: 0-306-80724-6]
Syllabus [subject to revision]
Weekly topic and text assignment
01.Introduction and Course Philosophy
02.Berlin Before the First World War
Willett pp 1-66
Kaes pp 1-34
03.The November Revolution
Willett pp 67-94
Kaes pp 35-59
04.Berlin Dada: Die kunst ist in Gefahr
Willett pp 95-110
05.The Bauhaus and Architecture
Willett pp. 111--138
06.Neue Sachlichkeit
Kaes pp 491-498
07.The Cabaret in Berlin
Willett pp 139-167
Kaes pp 551-567
08.Music of the Weimar Period
Willett pp 168-222
Kaes pp 568-593
09.Literature: High and Low
Kaes pp 507-529
10.Propaganda and Art
Kaes pp 119-144;
Weimar Film
11.Cinema in Theory
Kaes pp 617-640
Four Films from the Weimar Era
12."Berlin Wie es War"
13."Metropolis"
14."The Blue Angel"
15."Triumph of the Wil"
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