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New Objectivity

New Objectivity proper noun: a German anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics.

Proper noun

New Objectivity

  1. A German anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics.
    • New Objectivity takes its place—squarely and unblinkingly—in this new (if not lasting) environment, whose tenor was so different to the years of instability, war, and revolution, which had given rise to Expressionism.2010, Matthew Beaumont, editor, A Concise Companion to Realism, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 151

Origin of New Objectivity

Calque of German Neue Sachlichkeit.

Questions about New Objectivity

What does New Objectivity mean?
New Objectivity means a German anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics.
What part of speech is New Objectivity?
New Objectivity is a proper noun.

Words near New Objectivity in the dictionary

  1. New Norse
  2. New Norway
  3. New Norwegian
  4. new nouveau riche
  5. new nouveau riches
  6. New Objectivity
  7. new old stock
  8. new old stocks
  9. New Oraibi
  10. New Orc Times
  11. New Orleanian

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