Looted Art It is because of the looting, we have lost thousands of art pieces and possibly never learned about artists that have existed. I chose this article because it shows how looting has been an ongoing problem almost from ever since the beginning of art. This article explains that almost every country when it would acquire new lands and conquer other countries would take over their art and make it their own. This way it would bring more wealth to the nation that is taking over. But not only it would bring wealth, it would expand their culture and bring in new values and ideas. In this article it gives examples how England would loot the treasures of China and India on their quest on expanding their colonies. How France would take over
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I chose this book because this book is about the World War II, possibly the time when the largest looting of art was going on. This book provides a lot of information on how and where the Nazis would steal the art. The book explains how Hitler was a large follower of different kind of arts. Hitler knew that a lot of these arts can bring wealth into his nation. Some of the arts that are shown in this book weren’t even seen by the public. This book also shows how because of looting a lot of the art pieces where lost during the war. The author of the book mostly focuses on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill, and Schloss. In the book it even says that “The paintings belonging to the French branch of the Rothschild family stood, from the Nazi perspective, at the very top.”(pg43). Nazis valued their paintings very highly, therefore they did everything in their power to acquire them. The book also shows the history of some arts, showing how they were passed through generations of German officials and generals, tracing them back to their origins. This book proves how Nazis has been very unfair to other nations while stealing the art that does not belong to them and trying to claim it as their …show more content…
Q: Do you believe that arts can bring wealth to a nation?
A: Yes, of course. Art is what sometimes drives trade. I mean who wants a boring looking house? Everyone wants do decorate their house and that is one of the reasons art even exists.
Q: Do you believe that there are some artists that we don’t even know about because all of their art was lost?
A: Yes, I think so. I know that a lot of the arts were looted during the WWII, and in the movie “The Monuments Men” it shows a lot about that. There were probably hundreds of artists that people never learned about just because their art was long lost.
Q: If you were a country leader and decided to invade another country, would you take all of their art?
A: Harsh to say, but I probably would. It not only brings wealth but also brings more understanding about another country and the way they see the
I chose this book because this book is about the World War II, possibly the time when the largest looting of art was going on. This book provides a lot of information on how and where the Nazis would steal the art. The book explains how Hitler was a large follower of different kind of arts. Hitler knew that a lot of these arts can bring wealth into his nation. Some of the arts that are shown in this book weren’t even seen by the public. This book also shows how because of looting a lot of the art pieces where lost during the war. The author of the book mostly focuses on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill, and Schloss. In the book it even says that “The paintings belonging to the French branch of the Rothschild family stood, from the Nazi perspective, at the very top.”(pg43). Nazis valued their paintings very highly, therefore they did everything in their power to acquire them. The book also shows the history of some arts, showing how they were passed through generations of German officials and generals, tracing them back to their origins. This book proves how Nazis has been very unfair to other nations while stealing the art that does not belong to them and trying to claim it as their …show more content…
Q: Do you believe that arts can bring wealth to a nation?
A: Yes, of course. Art is what sometimes drives trade. I mean who wants a boring looking house? Everyone wants do decorate their house and that is one of the reasons art even exists.
Q: Do you believe that there are some artists that we don’t even know about because all of their art was lost?
A: Yes, I think so. I know that a lot of the arts were looted during the WWII, and in the movie “The Monuments Men” it shows a lot about that. There were probably hundreds of artists that people never learned about just because their art was long lost.
Q: If you were a country leader and decided to invade another country, would you take all of their art?
A: Harsh to say, but I probably would. It not only brings wealth but also brings more understanding about another country and the way they see the