Entartete

"Entartet" in German means "degenerate." What does "degenerate" mean? "Art" in German does not mean "Art" in English, rather, it means "type," or "kind." Something like "genre" maybe? And "ent-" is a prefix which negates the word-root that follows, so something like "without type or kind"? Post a comment to the HCC Reader readings pages 85-133.

picture: room with some of the works confiscated as degenerate art by the Nazis

Claiming the Britannica

Post your Britannica claims here. Include both the passage which contains the claim (simply recopy and include page number) and your summary of the claim.

who owns the world?

What is Brecht's "small seminar on realism"? In other words, how does Brecht conceive of/understand/define realism?

film still from Kuhle Wampe (or Who Owns the World?)

Filling in German Details

Oskar Schlemmer, "Costumes for a Triadic Ballet"

from "Bauhaus Boys" in Professor Moeller's Image Bank: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/~rmoeller/HCC_Lectures/Bauhaus_boys.html

Please post 6 C's of your choice from reader, from Professor Moeller's Image Bank, or from any other relevant place below. CHOOSE one of the C's that you think is most important, tell us why and emphasize this aspect in your discussion of the image you have chosen. Please give as much citation material as possible and link to site when available. Use analytic terms if appropriate: line, composition, color (b/w), orethos-logos/historia-pathos.

The Art Scab

John Heartfield, Adolf, the Superman, swallows gold and speaks junk/rubbish/nonsense

This was a cover in 1932 of the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung. The KPD sought to make use of a mass media--the illustrated newspaper--that had a very large following among the working class.

Please post your 6 C's for "The Art Scab" here.