Hobsbawn
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• Three demands power places on art:
1. Glory and triumph of power itself – victory arches etc – pomp and gigantism face of power they wished arts to present
2. Public face of art – reflecting supposed participation – monuments build to incite patriotism
3. Educational – propagandist – teach, inform, indoctrinate

• Not for nothing did the arts in 19^th century France come under Ministry of Public Instruction
• Ideological and practical grounds – favored arts appeal to public, rarely top priority for creative talents – innovation, experimentation, creativity – in Italy prize for best painting went to “Listening to a speech by Il Duce on the radio”
• What power  destroyed or stifled in the era of dictators is more evident than what it achieved – regimes better at stopping undesirable works than finding goof art to express it.

Other Notes in this Category

1. Aspects of Art and Power in the third Reich
2. Battle for Art - David Elliot
3. Hobsbawn
4. The end of the avant garde - painting and sculpture - David Elliot

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