Ancient Germany Aktion

The art show exhibit, Aktion, was inspired by posters, prints, and rare books of Germany's revolutionary war, and it shows the role artwork took in this era. It shows the violent and powerful struggle of Germany's civil war, during the end of the World War. during the time the painting was based on there was many of battles held on the streets and art didn’t only show political positions, but social change in the society. The civil war lasted about one year from 1918-1919, it had happened due to the supreme command’s bad coordination and awful ways of commanding their population. Due to this, and outbreak of socialists decided to take action and put an end to this leaving the command to little to no power and the Weimar constitution was adopted. …show more content…
The First image (on top) shows how the people had rebelled against their commanding officers and began a whole group of socialists fighting for a better government. the color scheme of the first image shows how dark the time was when it happened, even after the first World War, Germany had to put up with yet another battle, and it’s with themselves. The second artwork shows that it didn’t matter what gender you were, you could help in the revolution and change their fate. It shows a German Female holding up a red flag while a German man stands beside her showing that for that time in history they need everyone to help. The two people in the Art give a sense of unification in that you can be anyone to help, it shows a woman dressed in casual clothing and a man in formal work attire which shows strength. I put the art in the scary side because the fist artwork shows a whole society going against themselves in rebellion. It shows people shoving and fighting for what they think is right, Death and destruction is what had come after a war for these people and all they could do is fight for a better