Cultural and Intellectual Trends Chapter 9, Lesson 4 pp. 486-491
MODERNISM Modernism fostered a period of experimentation in the arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, particularly in the years following World War I. VICTORIAN ERA Morality (good/evil, wrong/right) Acceptance of tradition Strict social rules & expectations Optimism (glass half full) Convention (how something is usually done) MODERNISM Disillusioned and fragmented Questioning tradition Pessimism (glass half empty) and skepticism New forms of expression and experimentations
Bauhaus Bauhaus architects wanted to unite function, technology, and craft with clean, horizontal lines.
Cubism Cubists wanted to emphasize the two-dimensionality of the canvas They reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms Created by Pablo Picasso & Georges Braque
Dada Dada expresses how absurd life was after WWI Dadaists were obsessed with the idea that life has no purpose Dada
Expressionism It wants to show the world subjectively, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.
Fauvism Brilliant, intense color Arbitrary color (not natural) Expressive brushwork (that is visible) Fauvism
Translation: “This is not a pipe”
How Hitler used radio and film as propaganda A series of inventions in the late 19th century led the way for a revolution in mass communications. Ex: Marconi’s discovery of the wireless radio waves Broadcasting facilities built in U.S., Europe, and Japan Film emerged as an important new form of mass entertainment in Italy (Quo Vadis) and the U.S. (Birth of a Nation)
Nazi Propaganda: Triumph of the Will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXST0wF5T4s
“Without motor-cars, sound films, and wireless, [there would be] no victory of Nazism” Hitler quote:
The Nazi regime adopted a program called “Strength through Joy”, which offered a variety of leisure activities to fill
Gertrude Stein