Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
motherhood, political tool, Käthe Kollwitz, war
College
Humanities
Department
German and Russian
Abstract
In my original ORCA proposal I described how I wanted to research a number of different women of the World War I era and describe how their respective art forms defended women and especially the importance and value of motherhood. I wanted to compare all of their works to the proposal presented by Eleanora Kalkowska, which argued that women were only necessary in order to raise strong soldier sons eager to fight in defense of the Fatherland. However, I quickly realized that this would have been too great a task to take on and decided to concentrate my research on the artist Käthe Kollwitz.
Recommended Citation
Guthrie, Elizabeth and McFarland, Dr. Robert
(2013)
"But Art Nevertheless: Motherhood in the Arts as a Political Tool,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 837.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/837