{"id":25533,"date":"2025-07-01T16:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/entdecken\/objekte\/die-lichter-der-stadt\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:51:33","slug":"die-lichter-der-stadt","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/objects\/die-lichter-der-stadt\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eDie Lichter der Stadt\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text toggle-optional-copy show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/header-objekt'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 text-align-center col-md-12 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-5'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-2'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/kuenstler_taxonomy\/laszlo-moholy-nagy-en\/\" class=\"artist-tag ho-sd-h4\"><span>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h4' style=\"white-space: normal;\">\u201eDie Lichter der Stadt\u201c<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 margin-top-5'>\n\n<div  class='header-image-wrapper'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 9208,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1-245x300.jpg\",\"width\":245,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":7277},\"large\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1-836x1024.jpg\",\"width\":836,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":47991},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1-768x940.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":940,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":41460},\"small\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1-359x440.jpg\",\"width\":359,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":12507},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1-474x580.jpg\",\"width\":474,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19046},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1-588x720.jpg\",\"width\":588,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":26900},\"original\":{\"file\":\"771_Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy_Die-Lichter-der-Stadt_1928-1.jpg\",\"width\":980,\"height\":1200}},\n\"alt\" : \"\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:122.44897959184%; 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Vor ihm ragen gemalte hohe graue Lichtkegel diagonal empor. Oben auf dem Rand sitzen als Zeitungsausschnitt zwei dicke lachende Frauen in Badeanzug. Die linke tr\u00e4gt ein sommerliches Kopftuch, die rechte hat einen Hut auf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/content-reveal>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"content-reveal-controls\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal-controls-open\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"ho-button is-primary has-icon-left\">\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-icon icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-label\">Extended image description<\/span>\n<\/button>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal-controls-close\">\n\t\t\t\t<!--button type=\"button\" class=\"ho-button is-text\">\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-label\">Weniger lesen<\/span>\n<\/button-->\n<button class=\"ho-button is-primary has-icon-left\">\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-icon icon-minus\"><\/span>\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-label\">Extended image description<\/span>\n<\/button>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/reveal>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1 padding-top-2 mobile-padding-bottom-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='flex-align-center-center mobile-flex-align-center-center'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot ho-sd-metadata\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 text-align-center mobile-text-align-center'>\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>Date:<br>1928<br><br>Inventory number:<br>771<br><br>Object type:<br>Collage<br><br>Technique \/ Material: <br>Photo collage using newspaper photos and tempera on paper<br><br>Dimensions:<br>61,5 x 49,5 cm<br><br>Provenance:<br>Donation by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, 1963<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-1 color-fg-highlight-2'>\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>In the 1920s, the electrification of commercial signage transformed cities into a sea of lights at dusk. 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