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John Heartfield, 2006.
A bibliography of John Heartfield, a German Dada artist.
1,457 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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The paper examines the life of Helmut Herzfeld, who changed his name to John Heartfield as a pro-British statement during the Nazi period. The paper analyzes his works, including his technique of photo-montage. The paper further describes how he was pursued by the Nazis and escaped to Prague and later to London. The paper further describes his winning of the German peace prize.
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"Born to a writer, Franz Heartfield, John lost his parents in 1898. His mother was a trade union activist and a textile worker. In 1896, the Heartfields were forced to run away from Germany and hence went to Switzerland. John was enrolled in a school but he soon left it at the age of fourteen and ended up working for a bookseller in Weisbadenl. During 1907, John Heartfield became an assistant to the famous painter Wieland Herzfelde. About a couple of years later after becoming interested in arts, John Heartfield enrolled into the Munich College of Arts and Crafts. In 1912 John Heartfield started working as a commercial artist in Mannheim till 1913 when he moved to Berlin where his teacher was Ernst Neuman at the Arts and Crafts school in Charlottenburg."
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Montage, 2006.
A description and history of montage as an art form.
1,767 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper describes the art of montage and how it began its involvement with photography. The paper also describes the original purpose of the montage and the origins of the term "photomontage". The paper further explains that, because of the political message in the photomontage artwork that emerged out of Nazi Germany, photomontage represented a move away from abstract, figurative painting and instead tried to create an image of shocking reality according to the Nazis. The paper then goes on to explain how the use of photomontage as a political tool also found its way into the message of the Dadaists and the work of John Heartfield who used photomontage to expose the evilness of Nazism. Finally, the paper looks at how photographer Sebastiao Salgado also used photomontage to provide an image of poverty that, while tragic, is also dignified in its sadness.
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"Montage as an art form involves the combination of two or more different elements to create something new. This art began its involvement and combination with photography during the 1830's, shortly after photography itself had been invented. The direct contact printing of leaves, ferns, flowers and drawings can be seen as the predecessor of photomontage in its present form. The manipulation of the original photograph in its various forms, including double printing and composite photographs, were popular diversions during the 1830's. This was its main purpose at the time (Ades, 1976:7)."
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