Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Art had a direct correlation with Hitler's Preferences

 The art that was deemed acceptable, appropriate, and "good" was of course judged by the man who already had a horribly skewed vision on life. "Good art" directly correlated with what the Third Reich's them of life. Pure german was good and anything else... was bad. Art depicting young german men with toned bodies and chiseled features were highly praised. Women were depicted in artwork as beautiful damsels who would soon become proud mothers and wives of the strong german men. Light verses dark also played a significant role. Dark was meant to represent a dirty, uneducated, and unworthy society... in essence, the Jew. White, however, represented the brave, clean, refreshed, Christian... German. Just as Germans opposed modern technology, they also opposed modern art. They saw modern art as a form of individualism, a concept that was unacceptable to the Party. To the Third Reich, individualism represented the idea of putting yourself before your country and being selfish and terracing. Art and what is approved as 'good art' is always a product of society and society's views. The party that was in control had no desire to view modern art as 'art' because they didn't view modernism as a way of life.

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