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Date Posted: Thursday, February 28, 07:41:43pm
Author: Priya Shah, Aanal Desai (stressed outtt mann)
Subject: GERMANY: Art, Literature, Music [Pop Culture]
In reply to: Mac 's message, "ALL PERIODS -- Post your Expert Group research HERE" on Wednesday, February 27, 10:02:17am

PEOPLE

1. Paul Renner - (August 9, 1878 � April 25, 1956)

2. Gustav Hartlaub - (November 8, 1814 - November 29, 1900)

3. Siegfried Kracauer - (February 8, 1889 - November 26, 1966)

4. Walter Gropius - (May 18, 1883 � July 5, 1969)

5. Kurt Tucholsky - (January 9, 1890 � December 21, 1935)

6. Ernst Wiechert - (May 18, 1887 � August 24, 1950)

EVENTS
1. Dadaism (peaked in the years 1916 - 1920)- a cultural movement, visual arts, lit, theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.

2. Das Proletarische Theater- The Proletarian Theater (1920)- founded by Erwin Piscator who saw theater as a way to rouse the working class from its slumber and prepare the masses for the coming socialist revolution; introduced German audiences to the musical as we know it today.

3. �All Quiet on the Western Front� (January 1929)- Anti-war novel, most influential book, concerned horrors of WW1. Published and it written by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of WWI.

4. The Congress of International Progressive Artists (1922); held in Dusseldorf;was attended by many artists and designers interested in moving from painting to graphic design.

5. Movement � Die Neue Wohnkultur (new living culture � interests in fashion, design, sport, new sexual politics, film and photography were all subsumed within a modern, collective ideal.

6. Rise of Jazz Music (1920s)

7. Rise of Classical Music (1920s)

8. Introduction of Cabaret - a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance and theatre distinguished mainly by the performance venue.

9. German Expressionism (1920s) - Expressionism movement started earlier in about 1905 with the Die Brucke (The Bridge) group, but arose in the filming industry.

10. UFA�s Contract with US - Ufa, led by the most successful producer of the day, Erich Pommer (1889�1966), made the Parufamet agreement with the Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn studios.

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