THIS THING CALLED NEW OBJECTIVITY!

Also known as "Neue Sachlichkeit"(new matter-of-factness), New Objectivity is an aspect of the Weimar era that gives me great intrest. For the most part it is because it is not the easiest concept to understand and is an idea that really made me think. The best definition I can formulate from the readings and from the lectures it that New Objectivity was an art movement which happened during the Weimar Era. Neue Sachlichkeit took place during a time of stability in the 1920s and was trying to move away from the expressionist view of things and presenting objects for what they were. For example during lecture Dr. Wickens put a chair on the table and explained that this was just a chair and that the New Objective was to look at it as just a chair and not to go deep into the meaning and expression of the chair. Where something from the expressionist era would be "dynamic". The new objective would be "static". New objectivity had a colder way of looking at objects. New Objectivty was looking at everyday objects and unpretentious subjects. Today we see this in all forms of art. In visual art we see very modern pieces that maybe have just a few lines but we take the piece for what it is. In theate, playwrights are looking at the aspects of life which are ugly. New Objectivity was very excited about looking at things that were ugly and undiserable. In today's modern architecture we see various attributes of Neue Sachlichkeit such as the static, airless and glassy spaces of buildings and rooms. New objectivity was the beginning of a new relationship with objects.