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"The Seven Cardinal Sins"

Otto Dix (i)
Just as after the Nazi government gained power in Germany, Otto Dix was forced to reign from his post at the Dresden Academy of Art, as his work was extremely critical of the contemporary German society. He painted The Seven Cardinal Sins immediately after; it illustrates the seven deadly sins that are mentioned in the Bible, they are basic and entail all other sins. In the foreground is Avarice, or greed, portrayed as an old hag; Envy rides on the back of Avarice, it is a child-like figure, wearing a Hitler mask, with the signature mustache although it was drawn after the war. Behind them is Sloth, painted as a skeleton with scythe, implying it is a personification of Death and a representation of the society. Otto Dix considered the German public’s oblivion to be the main hurdle, as they showed no concern regarding Nazi’s rule. Lust is portrayed as a woman who is dancing obscenely, Anger is a red horned creature and Gluttony is the farthest and wears a cooking pot on his head. Dix continued with his allegorical paintings, but had to join the Nazi-controlled Imperial Chamber of Fine Arts in order to be able to work as an artist.

 





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