Para 1 Flashcards
what did Nussbaum demonstrate in his premonitory artworks?
demonstrated his resistance to established order (by presenting the perspective of a victim of the Holocaust)
he aimed to?
juxtapose the false naivety with the macabre, reflecting a world being destroyed by man.
what does he state?
“I did large compositions, works which mocked, accused and provoked”.
He visually confronted responders to?
to recognise that political motivations and actions can have a detrimental effect on the populace, similar to Auden.
what reinforce the loss of worlds pleasures and individuality as a result of tyrannical regimes?
The scattered positioning of items symbolising freedom and creativity in the foreground, such as torn books
The composition represents?
the world mutilated and defaced by Hitler, a world where freedom, creativity and individuality is oppressed.
what exemplify the impact of public on private in Auden?
Similarly, the tonal shift and metaphor in Auden’s poem, “the little children died in the streets” exemplify the impact of public on private, where the “children” symbolise innocence.
