German Archbishop Ignites Furor

German Archbishop Ignites Furor - Studies of Catholicism - Posted: 4th Dec, 2007 - 1:30pm

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Nazi A term evoking the Nazi attitude towards 20th-century art.
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German Archbishop Ignites Furor

GERMAN ARCHBISHOP IGNITES FUROR OVER 'DEGENERATE' ART REMARK

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne has sparked outrage in Germany after calling some modern art "degenerate," a term evoking the Nazi attitude towards 20th-century art.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/200...ermany-art.html

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4th Dec, 2007 - 1:30pm / Post ID: #

Furor Ignites Archbishop German

This is the explanation given for why this is considered 'serious':

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Entartete Kunst was the name of an exhibition of works organized by the Nazis in 1937 in Munich as a warning to the German people.

Under the rule of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi government labelled all modern and expressionist art as degenerate. More than 15,000 paintings were removed from museums. During Nazi rule, hundreds of artists were persecuted.


However the Archbishop said,

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A spokesman for the cardinal said Meisner had not intended to refer to "old ideologies."

I guess he will be watched more closely now.




 
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