Modernism

The Paradox of ‘Degenerate Art’: Nazi Germany’s War on Modernism

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Nazi Germany's 'Degenerate Art': Condemning Modernism, Embracing Symbolism

The year is 1937. In the heart of Nazi Germany, a grand exhibition opens its doors, not to celebrate artistic achievement, but to revile it. Titled “Entartete Kunst”—Degenerate Art—it showcased a curated collection of modern masterpieces, twisted and defaced, presented as the spawn of madness and racial impurity. This was no mere display of poor … Read more

The Scopes Monkey Trial: America’s Roaring Twenties Showdown Between Science and Faith

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Scopes Monkey Trial: Science vs. Religion in 1920s America

The summer of 1925 crackled with a tension that had little to do with the sweltering Tennessee heat. In the small town of Dayton, a drama unfolded that would pit the very foundations of American belief against the rising tide of modern scientific thought. This was the stage for the Scopes Monkey Trial, a legal … Read more