HUMAN 1CS Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Straw Hat, Iron Cross, Hearing Aid
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Icon is a symbol: rose = symbol of love or just represents a rose, crucifix = symbol of something. Icon takes up meaning beyond image: michael jackson: relates to genre most influenced; in this case, pop genre. Pin on blue (tsp) = iron cross; german veteran. Newspapers in the back may have been recognized by people of that time. All wounded; prosthetic legs, blown half off, hearing aid, lost limbs. Fake jaw, fake piece of cranium, metal plates. There is exaggeration but injuries in painting are not worse than they were in real life. Painting represents objectivity that people are going for. Guy on bottom is more well off financially. These icons represent how society understands and differentiates between social rank. Guy on the bottom blames the jews for bad economy in post war: stated by newspaper, jews out . Pics of soldiers (slide 26) vs. dix"s paintings.
