Narrative

Exploring architecture requires a dive into the minds of the people. Including those in charge and those under the rule of them. People are power in this case are those who can influence the people. No matter where the location in the world is, we can see styles of architecture change depending on the people's needs. Alternatively those in charge manipulate these needs through external methods. Exploring the how and why of these decisions and their architectural consequences. Politics themselves are difficult, conflicting and most important morally gray. How a country is run spans very differently throughout the world. As a westerner living in Democratic America, life here is entirely different from the constitutional monarchy of Japan. 

The Nazi’s rise to power gave way to an interesting turn for artistic expression. Establishing the association of “degenerate art” a term coined to discriminate against art that didn’t fit into the established ideals of nazi art. Large amounts of art throughout Germany would be confiscated, destroyed, and displayed on Hitlers order. Many of these degenerate art pieces included depictions of nudity considered depraved, mental or physical illness, disabilities, and Jewish or communist art. (Peter Cohen, The architecture of doom 1991) Even holding an art show displaying these pieces similarly named. Artistic control became an extraordinarily important tool to the Nazi’s as this would be how the people would be influenced. Compared to today many of these degenerate pieces are rather tame and commonly normalized.