Gustav Klimt and The Nazi Aesthetic: Great Art Cities: Vienna

Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit at Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon, thanks! or if you prefer a one-off donation - In 1937, the Nazis held an exhibition of 650 modern artworks that they had stolen from museums and private collectors. It was part of the Nazi’s culture wars, designed to inflame the public and it was called “The Degenerate Art Exhibition.” Artists considered degenerate by the Nazis included Paul Klee, Otto Dix, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Piet Mondrian, and Egon Schiele. But surprisingly one artist was missing… Gustav Klimt, who at one time or another had been described as morally questionable, obscene or even pornographic, and was friends with Jewish patrons, intellectuals and artists. So why did the Nazis leave him out of their modern art purge? Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified! I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Adriana Nemet, Alan Stewart, Alexander Velser, Alyssa Phillips, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, David Asabreu, Christa Sawyer, Eric Mann, Erique K, Griffin Evans, Hugo Moita, Jemma Theivendran, Julio Cardenas, Karim Hopper, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Pavel Juszczyk, Sean Welgemoed, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Theresa Garfink, Toni Ko, Tyler Wittreich and Will Dew’s-Power. “What a brilliant series this is“ - Stephen Fry on Twitter SUBTITLES I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@ French Subtitles by Ludivine Desriac CREDITS Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram and Behance ) Sound Mix by Oscar Sidoff Rydelius (Thank you!) All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them. BOOKS, CATALOGUES AND ESSAYS Klimt BY Gilles Beret Gustav Klimt Complete Paintings by MR Tobias Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secessionists by Michael Kerrigan El beso (los enamorados) de Gustav Klimt. Un ensayo de iconografía, Editorial , 2008 Klimt Schiele Drawings (RA catalogue) - Various Gustav Klimt, Modernism in the making (National Gallery of Canada Catalogue) - Various “Heil the Hero Klimt!“ - Laura Morowitz, professor of visual arts at New York’s Wagner College, in her 2016 paper, published in Oxford Art Journal. Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics by Frederic Spotts MUSIC Mahler’s Symphony No.2 in c minor Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.