Saturday, January 30, 2016


"This Is War!"








Detail from "Music To The Front" February, 1931
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4 comments:

  1. Debra: Jan 1945 - very visually impactful

    Sept 1918 - allusion to Renaissance and Greek (intelligent, democratic etc) - somehow saying that effort is inspired by AND safeguarding art

    Nov 24 - full on heavenly intervention - God is on America’s side

    not sure of date but one with planes … of course chilling in hindsight re Sept 11

    Aug 1924 - word “problem” is always a good one :)

    1941 - really wish to vomit on that girl BUT maybe something in the Beethoven vs Hitler/Wagner angle? Don’t know background

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  2. Davy: I like the liberty bell, the jazz problem, and the harp in front of the white house. Oh and the eagle singing the solo!

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  3. Carol Elaine:

    July 1917, blue-eyed paleface Uncle Sam plays Reveille

    July 1943 -- men and women, all branches of the service, flag and message from

    FDR -- what's not to love?

    Feb 1941 -- hyper-patriotic and predates Pearl Harbor!

    Sept 1941 -- auch vor Pearl Harbor, ein blondes, aryanisches Maedchen, das die Musik liebt, koennte wohl Hitler halten!

    Feb 1944 -- a masterful greyscale depiction of relentless determination to preserve liberty (ironic use of Lincoln as the symbol of Caucasian freedom)

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  4. Howard:

    July 1917
    November 1924
    July 1943 (less boring than the one above it)
    February 1941
    April 1942 (my favorite)
    November 1943

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