The Degenerate Art Show - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

The Degenerate Art Show

Description:

The Degenerate Art Show Callan Moody ART 428 The Time 1937 Munich, Germany World War Two 2 years away Adolf Hitler has been in power for 4 years Dachau concentration ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:110
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 11
Provided by: Call174
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: The Degenerate Art Show


1
The Degenerate Art Show
  • Callan Moody
  • ART 428

2
The Time
  • 1937 Munich, Germany
  • World War Two 2 years away
  • Adolf Hitler has been in power for 4 years
  • Dachau concentration camp and boycott of Jewish
    owned shops and business in effect since 1933

3
Why?
  • Propaganda for the SS Party
  • Hitler loved classical Greek and Roman art
  • Modern art was considered distasteful
  • Cleanse the culture of degeneracy

4
Selection Process
  • Commission established to take any works from
    museums through out Germany
  • Anything thought to be degenerate, subversive, or
    modern
  • Over 5,000 works taken

5
Entartete Kunst The Show
  • July 19th, 1937 to November 30th in Munich
  • Over 650 works by more than 100 artists from over
    30 museums
  • Only 6 Jewish artists actually displayed

6
The Works
7
The Exhibit Space
  • Displayed in Archaeological Institute Building of
    Munich
  • Crowded, salon-style
  • Misrepresentative quotes
  • categorized

8
Success?
  • Served the purpose it was made for
  • Large number of attendants
  • More than the Great German Art Show

9
Consequences
  • Over 1,000 works physically destroyed
  • Other works lost to private collections, or
    actually, physically lost
  • Artists and movements forgotten due to lack of
    tangible record.

10
Works Cited
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com