Nazi propaganda through art and architecture : creating the myth of Hitler's Third Reich / Norman Ridley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridley, Norman (Writer on the Battle of Britain), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi propaganda.

Propaganda in art.

National socialism and art--Germany.

National socialism and art.

National socialism and architecture--Germany.

National socialism and architecture.

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.

World War, 1939-1945.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Yorkshire : Frontline Books, 2024.

Summary:

When the Nazis came to power in January 1933, they began a program of transforming Germany from a democracy into a totalitarian state, but it was not a matter of simply enforcing compliance. The people had to be coaxed into believing in the new regime. Hearts and minds had to be won over and one of the ways the Nazis did that was to create an ideal of German nationhood in which everyone could feel proud. This was especially the case with art, which came to be used as a powerful tool of propaganda both to disseminate the myth amongst the population and indicate to the Nazi administrators the sort of cultural environment they should create. It was not an easy thing to do. While the nation was being re-created as a dynamic, modern, and powerful industrial giant, all the signals coming from Hitler indicated that his own idyllic view of the German nation was of a traditional, rural people deep-rooted in a romantic-mystical aesthetic. Hitler's own experience as an artist in Vienna before the First World War had shown that, while technically proficient, his work was detached and impersonal. Despite being rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts he continued to see himself as artistically gifted, especially in the field of architecture. This book looks at how the artistic side of Hitler's personality dominated Nazi aesthetics and the ways in which the Third Reich manipulated public opinion and advanced its political agenda using the power of art. Despite his early setbacks, Hitler always thought of himself first and foremost an artist. He would frequently break off discussions with diplomats and soldiers to veer off on a lecture about his ideas on art and architecture which had been formed during his time in Vienna. Nazi Propaganda Through Art and Architecture explores how Hitler's artistic and architectural vision for Germany led to the monumental structures which we now associate with the Third Reich, alongside the rural idyl he sought to espouse, and how they came to symbolise the re-emergent power of a German nation which would dominate Europe.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Nazi Propaganda Techniques

Chapter 2 Hitler and Art

Chapter 3 Art in Weimar Germany

Chapter 4 Art under the Nazis

Chapter 5 The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Chapter 6 Artist Outcasts of the Third Reich

Chapter 7 Artistic Champions of the Third Reich

Chapter 8 The Obsession with Antiquity

Chapter 9 Propaganda through Architecture

Chapter 10 Germania

Chapter 11 Propaganda through Film

Chapter 12 Propaganda through Music and Theatre

Postscript Architectural Debate in Post-War Munich

Appendix 1 Nazi Architecture still to be seen in Berlin

Appendix 2 Artists in the 1937 Ausstellung Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art Exhibition)

Appendix 3 A Guide to the Ausstellung Entartete Kunst exhibition .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-03-610023-5

1-03-610025-1

OCLC:

1433203536