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Weimar Germany (1919-1933)


 
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Contents

Introduction
1The aftermath of the First World War in Germany
2Cultural innovation in Weimar Germany
Cinema
3German expressionism
4Fritz Lang: M (1931)
5German Expressionism: Vampyr (1932)
6Fritz Lang: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
7Carl Mayer & Hans Janowitz: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Photojournalism
8German illustrated magazines during the First World War
9AIZ - Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
10Photojournalists in Weimar Germany
11Erich Salomon on press photography
Bauhaus
12Bauhaus
13László Moholy-Nagy: Photograms
14Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Viewpoints
New Objectivity
15Introduction to New Objectivity
16August Sander: Portraits
Legacy
17The legacy of Weimar as photojournalists left Germany

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