Weimar modernists uniquely embodied an ethos of transparency and constructive rationality

Evidence

Giedion was an enthusiastic supporter of the New Architecture, whose representatives embodied, as no other group in the Weimar Republic did, an emotional enthusiasm for simplicity, transparency and constructive rationality, which Benjamin shared. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 223

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Weimar New Objectivity blended realism, social critique, and new media. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 249; Function followed from experimental form, not the other way round, in modernism. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 93; Modernism defined itself as the subjugation of space to human purposes — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1774 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Weimar New Objectivity blended realism, social critique, and new media. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 249; Function followed from experimental form, not the other way round, in modernism. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 93; Modernism defined itself as the subjugation of space to human purposes — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1774 (+1 more)