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"Metropolis" (Gross Stadt), Otto Dix (1928)

Description:
Gross Stadt (Metropolis) - 1928 by Otto Dix.
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Image Credit: © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
Primary Sources: Culture
| Bauhaus |
- Bauhaus Building, Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius (1924)
- Glass Tea Service, designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1930-1934)
- Nest of Tables, designed by Marcel Breuer (1926-1930)
- Side Chair, designed by Mies Van Der Rohe (c. 1932)
- Table Lamp, designed by Christian Dell (1928)
| Cabaret Song |
- "It's All a Swindle" (Alles Schwindel), by Mischa Spoliansky and Marcellus Schiffer (1931)
- "Mir ist heut so nach Tamerlan!", music by Rudolf Nelson, lyrics by Kurt Tucholsky (1922)
- "Night Ghost" (Nachtgespenst), music by Rudolf Nelson, lyrics by Friedrich Hollaender (1930)
- "No Time" (Keine Zeit), music by Rudolf Nelson, lyrics by Herbert Nelson
- "The Lavender Song" (Das Lila Lied), music by Mischa Spoliansky, lyrics by Kurt Schwabach (1920)
- "Throw Out the Men" (Raus mit den Männern), by Friedrich Hollaender (1926)
| Film |
- "Blue Angel," starring Marlene Dietrich (1930)
- "Metropolis," directed by Fritz Lang (1926)
- "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," directed by Robert Wiene (1919)
- "The Sacred Mountain" (Der heilige Berg), directed by Leni Riefenstahl (1924)
| Painting/Drawing/Etching |
- "Eldorado," Otto Dix
- "Kitchen Knife," Hannah Hoch (1919)
- "Memorial for Karl Liebknecht," Käthe Kollwitz (1921)
- "Metamorphose." by John Heartfield
- "Metropolis" (Gross Stadt), Otto Dix (1928)
- "Never Again War," Käthe Kollwitz (1924)
- "Pillars of Society," George Grosz (1926)
- "Self-Portrait in Tuxedo," Max Beckman (1927)
- "Synagogue," Max Beckman (1919)
- "The Agitator," George Grosz (1928)
- "The White General," George Grosz (1919)
- "Wounded," Otto Dix (1916)
| Sculpture |