The Neue Sachlichkeit movement is also known as the New Objectivity movement, which emerged in the 1920s during the Weimar Republic in Germany. The movement was a response to the art style of Expressionism and focused on the realities of the post-war period. Neue Sachlichkeit emphasized the rejection of romantic idealism and promoted the objective and functional aspects of reality. This included social and political criticism, pictorial art, narrative works, and two distinct groups called the verists and classicists.