you are not immune to propaganda

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if i’m interested in WWI then everyone else will be interested in WWI as well. its my national decree. and history fixation of the month. enjoy!

thank u as always to my incredibly talented editor @lastmanstanley he always nails these art history video essays. big ups to the big dawg

this originally started as me wanting to do a video on Picasso’s Guernica ,but the more i researched and dove head first into it, the more i became intrigued with how war, surrealism, and propaganda are all intertwined.

i ended up exploring how a bunch of themes, namely the impact of horrors of war on art, the lost generation, the rise of surrealism and absurdism, anti & pro-war art, all inter-mingle and define wartime culture.

hope u enjoy or at the very minimum learned something u didnt know before! love u guys thanks for watching see u next week hehe

works cited / references:
MoMA https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/moma_learning/docs/MAI6_Full.pdf
Library of congress https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/world-war-i-american-experiences/about-this-exhibition/over-here/raising-an-army/mad-brute/
“The Night by Max Beckmann” https://www.ladykflo.com/the-night-by-max-beckmann/
Crash course history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPZQ0LAlR4&list=WL&index=4
Natgeo https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/treaty-versailles-ends-wwi/
The canvas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrQfCehiL2Q
“The Great War” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHNuHsZ59rg&list=WL&index=3
Time Magazine https://time.com/4725856/uncle-sam-poster-history/
“The Lost Generation: Who They Are and Where The Name Came From“ https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/who-is-the-lost-generation

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46 thoughts on “you are not immune to propaganda”

  13. You’re so incredibly intelligent, I’ve never been interested in art history until seeing your videos. The passion you speak with gives me chills, thank you for educating me in such an easily digestible and entertaining way. More videos like this, please!❤

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  16. Brittany darling, as someone who is going into art and art history studies, I'm LOVING! the passion and the detail you've put into these videos. Like you did your research and it shows and it makes me so happy to see someone else talking enthusiastically about art and art at this pivotal turning point of the 2000th century. I hope to see more videos like this (I feel like you'll have a lot to say about the 1960s-2000s evolution of modern and political art)

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  21. My great grandmother immigrated to the U.S. when being German was not cool. She and my grandfather spoke fluent German and she would get angry at anyone asking her to teach them German. She was adamant she wanted “American” grandchildren not German grandchildren.

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  27. I know this might sound weird but this made me tear up. I really can't describe the feeling it gave me when i realized I was going to watch an intelligent and passionate discussion on WW1 art done by a hilarious "influencer"/ comedian rather than just the joking commentary I was expecting.

    Brittany, seeing a woman show how dynamic they are publicly rather than sticking to a certain "niche" is so inspiring and feels so safe. I think you genuinely encapsulate the true purpose of the Barbie movie, for example.

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  32. this is so interesting! loved the video <3

    i love art, however i usually dislike watching art history because i feel like i don't understand / remember history that well to connect art. but you made eveyrthing seem much more interesting and easy to follow! your enthusiasm is so contagious, and i'm glad i got to learn more about eras of art through you!

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  36. “In order to process we must create” DESTROYED ME that was so beautiful. I LOVE these videos!!! They’re so incredible, never stop sharing your interests plz 😭❤️

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