GERM 356 | Becoming Modern: Art and Media in Weimar Germany

This course explores the words, actions, thoughts, and feelings during one of the most tumultuous periods of early twentieth century cultural history. The course treats a wide variety of materials with a focus on the fascinating and groundbreaking innovations in visual and performing arts, material culture, and urban planning and architecture that relate to turn-of-the-century Europe, World War I, Weimar Germany, and the rise of German National Socialism.