History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Degenerate Art, Bonfire, Totalitarianism
2 Apr 2013
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Hitler and his supporters took transforming art and culture very seriously. He knew that culture, if properly controlled and directed, could serve his political endeavors as well as propaganda. Everything was to be controlled as much as possible. Culture was to be inn keeping with the concept of nazi community. Everything foreign was to be purged from german culture. Wanted to create a culture that would appeal to everyone. Transforming the existing culture was the most difficult task. People were more willing to believe the jewish (political), but they were not willing to throw away their books and music. Non- totalitarian: nazis couldn"t produce a culture that would appeal to everyone but was still politically correct. The nazis made some compromises, pertaining to culture. Germany was fameous for its modernist style. Defying traditional notion of reality, techniques of painting & subject matter. They changed the type of painting, and colours (very unusual and unnatural)
