Please help me with the following task for history.

Question

1) Select two examples of German cultural expression, one from the Weimar period and one from the period of Nazism. You might compare an abstract sculpture with a piece of Nazi 'folk art'. Include similarities and differences and the main influences on each style .

 

I honestly don't really know where to start and would appreciate any help whatsoever!

 

Thanks!

Answer 1

I'm not very knowledgeable about art, but I can give you one suggestion: maybe contrast Max Beckmann's abstract Die Nacht (The Night, http://alfredflechtheim.com/en/works/die-nacht) or his equally abstract--and disturbing--Departure (http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78367), the first of which was painted shortly after the start of the Weimar Republic and the second near its end (and indeed is sometimes thought to be a comment on the pending takeover of Germany by the Nazis), with a Nazi propaganda poster like Es Lebe Deutschland! (Love Live Germany!, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/429038301971604177).