Auden seemed to try to uphold the idea that works of art can and should provide unity, coherence, and meaning. ... As an artist, he makes her "from his crooked bones", in essence, creating something perfect when he is imperfect. ... Successful art, indeed, often exists to address an aspect of human existence and help the reader to gain perspective - Auden does just that. He captures the emblematic story of human suffering in the tale of Icarus, and then parlays it into a work of art. ... Both Auden and Thomas make a statement on how art can be in the modern world, and both play the role of...

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mitated art "as seen on TV" (6). ... Those who bought a ticket left their flawed worlds behind and became actors or agents in a more perfect world, even if just for a day. ... Ridiculed by intellectuals, paint-by-number was widely accepted by the American public, as was the growing popularity of folk art. ... Food preparation also took the tone of creativity and art. ... Creating a dish became equated with creating a colorful work of art, such as a bright Jell-O mold or a beautiful Chiffon Cake. ...

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The romanticists view of the perfect world in harmony was not relevant to the society of the time. ... Realism, people decided, would never raise the level of art. It would only drag art down into the muck of the ordinary. ... Dadaism lad the foundations for Surrealism, a literary and art movement influenced by Freudianism and dedicated to the expression of imagination as revealed in dreams, free of the conscious control of reason and free of convention. ...

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He had received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. ... I particularly remembered this quote because it was placed as just one paragraph in the context, and was a relatively perfect metaphor given the situation Sayuri was in. ...

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Dictator Adolf Hitler was born in Bran au am Inn, Australia on April 20th, 1889, He had an interest in fine art and showed an early interest in German nationalism. ... During the Great Depression in Germany was the perfect time for Hitler to think of a new plan to get more Germans on his side. ...

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The Ministry's objective was to ensure that the Nazi ideology was successfully communicated through art, music, theatre, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press. ... They were taught to emphasise on external 'enemies' such as the Jews and communists, to believe in the science of eugenics to create the ideal 'perfect' race, to live up to German physical ideals and to take pride of the German race. ...

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When Cummings uses "more blond than you," he uses his reoccurring image of the perfect American with blond hair, and blue eyes, but Olaf, although he physically wasn't "more blond," deserved more attention from our country as an American hero. "i sing of Olaf" is a perfect example of Cummings" message of his rebelliousness to find freedom. ...

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Hitler used it "to control the press as well as all other means of expression-radio, film, art, and literature"(Rhodes 11). ... "By the outbreak of the Second World War, Goebbels" Propaganda Ministry had complete control of the press, radio, theater, cinema, the creative arts, music, writing, and art exhibitions"(Rhodes 18). ...

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The setting was perfect because the people of Germany were itching for any leader that would tell them just what they wanted to hear. World War I was over and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. The German mark had lost so much value that it took a wheelba...

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