Post WWI Society 1920s and 1930s
Culture Changes Why? WWI leaves people wondering about the nature of mankind Spanish Influenza kills 22 million people Worldwide economic trouble Political chaos = people rebel against tradition
Part I: Fashion Before and After
Write down 5 observations about traditional fashion Write down 5 observations about new fashion trends
The Before Look (1910-1911)
The New Look: 1920s Flappers
More Fashion
Check Out That Short Hair!
Part II: Entertainment
Radio- provided entertainment and information on a mass scale
Movies- an audience could be entertained and even catch up on current events with news reels at the beginning of the movie Clara Bow Phantom of the opera Charlie Chaplin
Vacations-the pursuit of pleasure after the horrors of WWI The Nazis even offered vacations and leisure activities!
“ Without motor-cars, sound films, and wireless (radio), (there would be) no victory of Nazism.” -Adolf Hitler
Part III: Art Breaking all the Rules
New Movements Expressionism - shapes, lines, and color are used to express emotion and inner experience Gives emotions a visual representation Dada - use of ideas or objects with no seeming relationship to one another Rejects tradition and rules Surrealism - seeks to depict the inner workings of the unconscious mind Creates a fantasy world
Jot it Down Artist Names (when possible) Style associated with each artist
Wassily Kandinsky-Expressionism On White II
Dada
Dada
Surrealism - Salvador Dali
Surrealism - Joan Miro
Think About It What does the art and fashion of the 1920s - 1930s tell you about how people thought about traditional society?
Create a Billboard Use one example each of fashion, entertainment and art Advertise the new trends and convince people to participate in them One picture and one slogan per example Must be in color!