watching the ( The Rape of Europa.) and answer the Questions
just watch the movie and answer the Questions … NO material that is not covered in the film. NO academic style book references (author and page) included , – NOT to do any additional research.
the assignment only asked you to respond to the film
1. The overarching question is: how important is art, and how do we “value” it?
2. What role did art play in Hitler’s master plan? What various actions were taken by the
Nazis to achieve these ends?
3. What was the response in places like Poland, France, and Russia?
4. When was the National Gallery of Art in Washington founded? What was the Roberts
Commission?
5. Who were the “Monuments Men”? What was their function, and what conditions and
challenges did they face?
6. What is the legacy of WWII on the world of art and culture? What has and what has
not been resolved?
7. What is your reaction to a film like this? What interested you most? What disturbed
you most? How does it change, if it does, your sense of the function and relative
importance of art in modern culture
Here is a link to the movie in case you need it:
https://www.amazon.com/Rape-