Here is another good articlel: _http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww2_degenerated_art.shtml_ (http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww2_degenerated_art.shtml) Luis Fontanills Architect Miami-Dade, Florida
In a message dated 3/28/2008 5:46:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Hitler's Taste in Art" (recent article): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR20080327033 75.html?hpid=topnews > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:11:22 -0400> Subject: Fear of Avant-gardism in Nazi Germany & USSR> To: [email protected]> > So what was it in the advant-gard art of the time that was feared? > > It is interesting to note that the Nazi "Degenerate Art" exhibit is claimed > to be the first blockbuster exhibition. Would it not have been better to > destroy or hide this art from public view to minimize its possible "infectious" > spread? > > BTW: many of these artists and works are my influences.> > Luis Fontanills> Architect Miami-Dade, Florida> > > _http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/artDegen.htm_ > (http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/artDegen.htm) > > Degenerate Art> Exerpt: > "In 1937, Nazi officials purged German museums of works the Party considered > to be degenerate. From the thousands of works removed, 650 were chosen for a > special exhibit of Entartete Kunst. > (javascript:newWindow('../defn/entartet.htm','pronunciation')) The exhibit opened in Munich and then traveled to > eleven other cities in Germany and Austria. In each installation, the works were > poorly hung and surrounded by graffiti and hand written labels mocking the > artists and their creations. Over three million visitors attended making it the > first "blockbuster" exhibition."> _____________________________________________________________________________ _> __> > _http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/067-101e.htm_> (http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/067-101e.htm)> > Censorship in the Soviet Union and its Cultural and Professional Results for> Arts and Art Libraries> Olga Sinitsyna> Arts and Children's Literature Department,> M. I. Rudomino All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature> Moscow, Russia> > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)> _________________________________________________________________ How well do you know your celebrity gossip? http://originals.msn.com/thebigdebate?ocid=T002MSN03N0707A **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)
