Art: Nightmarish German. 4 minute read. TIME. ... When he got out he joined the ranks of the Dadaists, once marched in a parade wearing a death’s-head and carrying a poster saying “Dada, ...

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

The Harvard Art Museums welcomed back students for the 2024-2025 academic year with its fall exhibition “Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation,” which debuted on Sept. 13.

You might expect a warplane to be pained in drab, neutral colors that fade into the background. But that's not what Germany did with its WW2 planes. Here's why.