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Lovis Corinth, "The Paintings from the Brandenburg March and the Founding of the Berlin Secession" (1903)
The painter Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) recounts the founding of the Berlin Secession, which saw progressive artists come....
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Max Liebermann, "On the Secession Exhibition" (1907)
Max Liebermann (1847-1935) was one of the founders of the Berlin Secession in 1898. Along with other....
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Adolf Behne, "Bruno Taut" (1914)
The values of innovation and novelty figured as importantly in the architecture of Wilhelmine Germany as they did in painting and sculpture. Technological advances, including the development of lighter....
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Else Lasker-Schüler, "Oskar Kokoschka" (1913)
The first decade of the twentieth century saw the establishment of a self-consciously “modernist” art. In May 1910, Oskar....
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Reclam’s Universal Library (1911)
Founded in 1828, the Reclam publishing house made books available to a mass audience. Reclam published authors such as Goethe,....
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Theses on Literary Modernism (1887)
Literary modernism sought to embrace modern society in all its manifold conflicts, contradictions, and forms. While German literature had traditionally embraced forms from the past, particularly....
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Thomas Mann, Epilogue to Buddenbrooks (1905)
Thomas Mann (1875-1955) was one of the most accomplished German authors of the twentieth century. Published in 1905,....
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August Stramm, "Storm" and "Battle" (1914)
August Stramm (1874-1915) was a civil servant and reserve officer with a predilection for experimental poetry. He was an enthusiastic supporter of war and saw the violence of war as a restorative....
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Paul Boldt, "On the Terrace of Café Josty" (1912)
This poem illustrates the desire of poets to capture the rhythms of modern life. Sitting on the terrace at a Berlin café, Paul Boldt (1881-1921) allows sensory impressions to trickle into the aesthetic....
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Richard Dehmel, "Sermon for the People of a Metropolis" (1906) and "The New Dignity" (1903)
One of the most popular German poets of the Wilhelmine era, Richard Dehmel (1863-1920) offers a critical view of urban life in “Sermon for the People of a Metropolis.” The poem suggests that cities....
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