Editing New Objectivity (section)

==Meaning==
Although "New Objectivity" has been the most common translation of "Neue Sachlichkeit", other translations have included "New Matter-of-factness", "New Resignation", "New Sobriety", and "New Dispassion". The art historian Dennis Crockett says there is no direct English translation, and breaks down the meaning in the original German:
{{quote|''Sachlichkeit'' should be understood by its root, ''Sache'', meaning "thing", "fact", "subject", or "object." ''Sachlich'' could be best understood as "factual", "matter-of-fact", "impartial", "practical", or "precise"; ''Sachlichkeit'' is the noun form of the adjective/adverb and usually implies "matter-of-factness".<ref>Crockett, p. xix</ref>}}
In particular, Crockett argues against the view implied by the translation of "New Resignation", which he says is a popular misunderstanding of the attitude it describes. The idea that it conveys resignation comes from the notion that the age of great socialist revolutions was over and that the left-leaning intellectuals who were living in Germany at the time wanted to adapt themselves to the social order represented in the Weimar Republic. Crockett says the art of the ''Neue Sachlichkeit'' was meant to be more forward in political action than the modes of Expressionism it was turning against: "The ''Neue Sachlichkeit'' is Americanism, cult of the objective, the hard fact, the predilection for functional work, professional conscientiousness, and usefulness."<ref name="Crockett1">Crockett p. 1</ref>