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-{{Template}}+[[Image:Degenerate art exhibition in Nazi Germany.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Nazi Germany]] disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as [[Expressionism]] and [[Dada]] and on [[July 19]], [[1937]] it opened the [[Degenerate art]] travelling [[exhibition]] in the [[Haus der Kunst]] in [[Munich]], consisting of [[modernist]] artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against [[modernity]].]]{{Template}}
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[1692]] - [[Salem Witch Trials]]: Five women are hanged for witchcraft in [[Salem, Massachusetts]].+*[[1692]] - [[Salem witch trials]]: Five women are hanged for witchcraft in [[Salem, Massachusetts]].
*[[1848]] - [[Women's rights]]: The two day [[Women's Rights Convention]] opens in [[Seneca Falls (village), New York|Seneca Falls, New York]] and the "[[Bloomers (clothing)|Bloomers]]" are introduced at the [[feminism|feminist]] convention. *[[1848]] - [[Women's rights]]: The two day [[Women's Rights Convention]] opens in [[Seneca Falls (village), New York|Seneca Falls, New York]] and the "[[Bloomers (clothing)|Bloomers]]" are introduced at the [[feminism|feminist]] convention.
*[[1870]] - [[Franco-Prussian War]]: [[France]] declares war on [[Prussia]]. *[[1870]] - [[Franco-Prussian War]]: [[France]] declares war on [[Prussia]].
-*[[1937]] - [[Degenerate art]] premiers in Munich+*[[1937]] - [[Degenerate Art Exhibition]] opens in Munich, [[Nazi Germany]]
 +*[[1938]] - [[Salvador Dali meets Sigmund Freud]]
== Births == == Births ==
-*[[1819]] - [[Gottfried Keller]], Swiss writer (d. [[1890]]) 
*[[1834]] - [[Edgar Degas]], French painter (d. [[1917]]) *[[1834]] - [[Edgar Degas]], French painter (d. [[1917]])
*[[1898]] - [[Herbert Marcuse]], German-born philosopher (d. [[1979]]) *[[1898]] - [[Herbert Marcuse]], German-born philosopher (d. [[1979]])
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*[[1543]] - [[Lady Mary Boleyn]], mistress of King [[Henry VIII of England]] *[[1543]] - [[Lady Mary Boleyn]], mistress of King [[Henry VIII of England]]
*[[1631]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1550]]) *[[1631]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1550]])
 +*[[1945]] - [[Heinrich Wölfflin]], Swiss art critic (b. [[1864]])
*[[2002]] - [[Alan Lomax]], American folksong collector (b. [[1915]]) *[[2002]] - [[Alan Lomax]], American folksong collector (b. [[1915]])
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-== Notes == 
-*[[1945]] - [[Heinrich Wölfflin]], Swiss art critic (b. [[1864]]) 
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-*[[1945]] - [[George Barbier]], French illustrator (b. [[1865]]) 
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Nazi Germany disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as Expressionism and Dada and on July 19, 1937 it opened the Degenerate art travelling exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich, consisting of modernist artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels  deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against modernity.
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Nazi Germany disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as Expressionism and Dada and on July 19, 1937 it opened the Degenerate art travelling exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich, consisting of modernist artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against modernity.

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