For thousands of years artists have been inspired by the world around them. Artists create beautiful paintings, sculptures, buildings and so much more that has been motivated by the history of their culture, the people around them, myths and stories, and great wars and battles. Wars, whether it be the Trojan War, WWI, or the Vietnam War have inspired artists to create outstanding works that captures and holds the viewers in so they can experience the visual and sensory impact that war has. The pieces of art that you will see on the VAM Tour today records the consequences and conflicts of war from not only from the men and women that fought in the battles but also the civilians that endured the repercussions of it. The first piece on the tour takes us back to Ancient Greece around 530 BCE. This particular piece is called Achilles and Ajax Playing Droughts by Exekias. It is a very famous amphora which is …show more content…
Hoch created this piece to criticize the Weimar German Government, a very controlling and totalitarian government. However, not only does is criticize the political state of Germany it also criticizes the gender roles of men and women within the country. In the title itself it reproaches the male dominated political establishments with reference to the beer belly. The fragmented and disjointed appearance of the photomontage actually represents the division and turmoil of the government and people of Germany. Hannah Hoch seems to be piecing the pictures and papers back together in a way that makes sense to her which comes from the part of the title that is cut with the kitchen knife. This part of the title says that this is Germany from the point of view of women. Hoch was one of the only women strongly involved and active in the Dadaist movement, she was also a fervent feminist. In the bottom right corner there is a map of Europe that identifies all of the countries which women were able to