Keep in mind that propaganda is never objective; it is always subjective. It forces the viewer to adjust his or her perception in order to make a decision about the value and meaning of a of a particular point of view. In your post you will answers the questions listed in the "Art and Proganda Project" handout you received in class. Please make sure to comment on at least one other student's post.
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Pictures can express a million different emotions, phrases, opinions, and persuasions. Pictures usually make a much stronger impression on me. I think Hitler used the words degenerate and decadent to consider the art "unGerman" because he thought that everything he was doing and all the paintings that were made of jews were good, not bad. I would have burned the art because theres nothing glorious about nazis.
I believe pictures are worth 1,000 words. They can display things and cause emotions that words can't.Pictures probably make more of an impression on me because I can actually see a visual depiction, rather than read what somebody says. I think he used these words because he wanted all of the values that Germany previously had, gone. These words made these works of art despicable in Germany and nobody wanted them.
I agree with Annie. Pictures have the ability to convey more emotions thatn just words on a page. Words can only say so much, but to actually see something, a visual, and to able to connect that to a certain predescribed belief is a very strong influence. Nazi propaganda was very powerful, and its strong messages and the ideas it envoked among the German people is the biggest reason that that led to the rise of the Nazis, and their continued control over the German people and the German government.
Pictures portray so much more than words can. Even if a picture was described in words, the full affect of a picture could never be matched. Pictures give the person looking at them feelings, ideas, and impressions. I agree with Sam that the Nazi propaganda was so powerful because it was able to display strong messages. Hitler described the unGerman art with these adjectives so that no one would form good opinions or feelings from looking at it.
Sometimes when just reading a passage or listening to someone speak it can be difficult to paint an accurate picture in your head of the point the person is trying to present. A picture like this gives you a visual that just hits you all at the same time and creates a much stronger impression on you. Hitler described the Jewish art in this way so that the German people would see the jews as people that weren't of any value to the society.
Pictures can have hidden meanings and/or explain issues, rather than a typed up document. Pictures can make powerful impressions on me, and on other students because pictures are proof. I agree with Nick, pictures are definatly worth 1,000 words. For me, I can always think back to an image, and have difficulty remembering what someone had said. Hitler used those words becuase he knew he wanted put dow nthe minority and start all over and form a powerful nation.
The influence that a picture can have far surpasses that of words. While words can describe scenes, pictures allow us to physically see the act itself. This tends to have a much more profound affect on our view of the scenario. I agree with Sam as well that Nazi propaganda had a massive influence on the public perception of the Nazi Party which led to their rise. Also, "non-German" art was described as this in order to not only bring down the moral of the minorities. He also did this in order to have motive to throw away all art that he did not approve of or that in anyway portrayed the Nazis as bad.
I believe that a picture leaves a much larger impact than a phrase or sentence. A picture represents something, and that picture can be drawn anyway and modified to fit whatever description the artist wants. The Nazis were able to draw The Eternal Jew in a way that portrays them as negatively as possible, and all of this negativity can be picked up by merely glancing at the picture.
One thing that pictures can do that words can't is give you a strong visual representation of what you are being told is wrong or right. I think pictures have a stronger affect since they are easier to have etched in your mind and stick in your head more so than words do. Hitler used these words to describe things that were not German because they are often used to describe things that are not human and he felt that people who did not agree with the German point of view were unhuman. I would have kept the art but would have tried to keep the public from seeing it. I think they should have kept because then it would serve as a reminder of the country's dreadful pasy and would give them an idea of what they don't want their country to become again. I agree with Nick that pictures can express emotions that words can't.
Pictures are much more influential on one's opinion because they can incorporate several different ideas at once, and they allow the viewer to make his or her own opinion of a subject based on what is in the picture. This is more effective than words because words mostly tell the reader what to believe, while with pictures, it is the person's own interpretation, and it becomes what they actually feel. I also agree with David that pictures are more effective because the visual can stick in one's mind longer than words.
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Pictures provide a distinct statement that words alone can not. With just a quick glance at a picture you can see a much greater amount of information than you could get by taking the time to read an entire essay for example. Pictures can also portray and idea or theme much easier and directly to the point that artist or photographer is trying to make. Also with pictures it allows the viewer to look at it and make their own opinions and interoperations, whereas in some writings it is not as easy to do so. Lastly pictures provide to artist or photographer to present a bias as to whatever they want you to see, and therefore only show one side of something for you to see.
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