1. Chapter Twenty-One Between the World Wars Culture and Values, 6 th Ed. Cunningham and Reich Culture and Values, 6 th Ed. Cunningham and Reich

3. The Great War and Its Significance  Drastic loss of life  Sociopolitical consequences  October Revolution  Hitler’s National Socialist movement  Cultural consequences  Transportation, communication  Entertainment  Drastic loss of life  Sociopolitical consequences  October Revolution  Hitler’s National Socialist movement  Cultural consequences  Transportation, communication  Entertainment

4. Literary Modernism  Modernist temper  T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)  Necessity of cultural continuity  The Wasteland  Four Quartets  James Joyce (1882-1941)  Cultural stability found through art  Epiphany, autobiography  Alienated artist  Modernist temper  T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)  Necessity of cultural continuity  The Wasteland  Four Quartets  James Joyce (1882-1941)  Cultural stability found through art  Epiphany, autobiography  Alienated artist

5. Literary Modernism  Franz Kafka (1883-1924)  “Kafkaesque”  Guilt, loss, oppression, violence  Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)  Writer, critic (Bloomsbury Group)  Social, economic, and intellectual discrimination against women  Franz Kafka (1883-1924)  “Kafkaesque”  Guilt, loss, oppression, violence  Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)  Writer, critic (Bloomsbury Group)  Social, economic, and intellectual discrimination against women

6. Revolution in Art: Cubism  Analytical Cubism  Geometric qualities, flat planes, 2-d linearity  Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)  Braque’s Violin and Palette (1909-1910)  Synthetic Cubism  Post-war color, vitality, expressiveness  Picasso’s Three Musicians (1921)  Analytical Cubism  Geometric qualities, flat planes, 2-d linearity  Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)  Braque’s Violin and Palette (1909-1910)  Synthetic Cubism  Post-war color, vitality, expressiveness  Picasso’s Three Musicians (1921)

10. Revolution in Art: Cubism  Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)  Marc Chagall (1889-1985)  Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)  Women of Tehuantepec (1939)  Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)  Expressionist, non-objective art  Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)  Marc Chagall (1889-1985)  Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)  Women of Tehuantepec (1939)  Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)  Expressionist, non-objective art

12. Freud, the Unconscious, and Surrealism  Interpretation of Dreams (1900)  Id, ego, superego  Dreams and the unconscious mind  Psychoanalysis as philosophy  Human and cultural behaviors  Surrealism  Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism (1924)  Interpretation of Dreams (1900)  Id, ego, superego  Dreams and the unconscious mind  Psychoanalysis as philosophy  Human and cultural behaviors  Surrealism  Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism (1924)

13. Freud, the Unconscious, and Surrealism  Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory (1931)  Kahlo’s Self-Portrait (1937)  René Magritte (1898-1967)  Influence of film  Dalí and Buñuel, Jean Cocteau  Paul Klee (1879-1940)  Cubist, Expressionist, Surrealist  Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory (1931)  Kahlo’s Self-Portrait (1937)  René Magritte (1898-1967)  Influence of film  Dalí and Buñuel, Jean Cocteau  Paul Klee (1879-1940)  Cubist, Expressionist, Surrealist

17. The Age of Jazz  African-American experience, heritage  Intonations, rhythms  Spirituals  “Blue note” / the Blues  Ragtime  From New Orleans to Chicago  Black Jazz in Anglo culture  Symphonies, operas, swing  African-American experience, heritage  Intonations, rhythms  Spirituals  “Blue note” / the Blues  Ragtime  From New Orleans to Chicago  Black Jazz in Anglo culture  Symphonies, operas, swing

18. The Age of Jazz  George Gershwin (1898-1937)  Jazz in symphonic, operatic works  Rhapsody in Blue (1924)  Porgy and Bess (1935)  Duke Ellington (1899-1974)  Orchestra virtuoso, prolific composer  Extended jazz idiom to larger arena  George Gershwin (1898-1937)  Jazz in symphonic, operatic works  Rhapsody in Blue (1924)  Porgy and Bess (1935)  Duke Ellington (1899-1974)  Orchestra virtuoso, prolific composer  Extended jazz idiom to larger arena

19. The Harlem Renaissance  African American writers, artists, intellectuals, musicians  Themes of African American experience  Roots, racism, culture, religion  W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1963)  African American self-identity, cultural identity, racial identity  African American writers, artists, intellectuals, musicians  Themes of African American experience  Roots, racism, culture, religion  W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1963)  African American self-identity, cultural identity, racial identity

21. Ballet: Collaboration in Art  Artistic integration: setting, movement, music, narrative  Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe (1909)  Vast musical commissions  Parade (1917): Diaghilev, Cocteau, Satie, Picasso  Artistic integration: setting, movement, music, narrative  Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe (1909)  Vast musical commissions  Parade (1917): Diaghilev, Cocteau, Satie, Picasso

23. Art as Escape: Dada  Protest against war  Nonsense language, dissonant music, anarchic irreverence  Tristan Tzara’s Dada manifesto (1918)  Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)  Mobiles, ready-mades  L.H.O.O.Q. (1919)  Protest against war  Nonsense language, dissonant music, anarchic irreverence  Tristan Tzara’s Dada manifesto (1918)  Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)  Mobiles, ready-mades  L.H.O.O.Q. (1919)

25. Art as Protest: Guernica  Picasso’s protest against inhumanity  Hope in the face of horror  Inspired by destruction of war  Social, pivotal document  Expressionistic, Cubist  Technical experimentation  Picasso’s protest against inhumanity  Hope in the face of horror  Inspired by destruction of war  Social, pivotal document  Expressionistic, Cubist  Technical experimentation

27. Art as Propaganda: Film  Propaganda as high art  Radio, film  Educate, persuade, shape public opinion  Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)  Strike! (1924), Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1946)  Class struggle, the working class, socialism  Alexander Nevsky with Prokofiev (1938)  Potemkin and the October Revolution (1925)  Propaganda as high art  Radio, film  Educate, persuade, shape public opinion  Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)  Strike! (1924), Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1946)  Class struggle, the working class, socialism  Alexander Nevsky with Prokofiev (1938)  Potemkin and the October Revolution (1925)

28. Art as Propaganda: Film Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)  Triumph of the Will (1936)  Documentary of 1934 Nazi congress  Glorification of Nazi virtues  Olympia (1938)  Documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics  Homage to Hitler vs. beauty of sport Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)  Triumph of the Will (1936)  Documentary of 1934 Nazi congress  Glorification of Nazi virtues  Olympia (1938)  Documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics  Homage to Hitler vs. beauty of sport

29. Photography  Increased mobility, immediacy of image  Man Ray (1890-1976)  László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)  The “f/64 Group”  Direct, nonmanipulative pictures  Images from the Great Depression  Commissioned by FSA and USDA  Increased mobility, immediacy of image  Man Ray (1890-1976)  László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)  The “f/64 Group”  Direct, nonmanipulative pictures  Images from the Great Depression  Commissioned by FSA and USDA

31. Art as Prophecy: From Futurism to Brave New World  Futurists  Valued industrialization, urbanization  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944)  Lewis’s Babbitt (1922)  “a chicken in every pot…”  Mindless materialism  Huxley’s Brave New World (1932)  Technology as tool for totalitarian control  Futurists  Valued industrialization, urbanization  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944)  Lewis’s Babbitt (1922)  “a chicken in every pot…”  Mindless materialism  Huxley’s Brave New World (1932)  Technology as tool for totalitarian control

33. Chapter Twenty-One: Discussion Questions  What aspects of the “modernist temper” can be found in the works of the Harlem Renaissance writers and African American Jazz musicians? What are the personal and cultural expressions found behind these artistic forms? Explain, citing specific examples.  In light of the “modernist temper,” why were Freud’s theories so popular? In what sense does psychoanalytical theory abandon the explanation of human motivation that has been long held by Western Europeans? What does this shift in understanding signal about the twentieth century? Explain.  Consider the ways in which film was used in the early twentieth century as propaganda. In what ways does the cinematic medium continue to serve in this way? What types of cultural, social, and political values are asserted through popular film and other visual media of the twenty-first century? Explain.  To what extent do you agree or disagree with Huxley’s assertion that technology makes individuals dependent on totalitarian forces? Do you feel that our dependency on technology puts us at risk as a culture? …as a free people? Explain.  What aspects of the “modernist temper” can be found in the works of the Harlem Renaissance writers and African American Jazz musicians? What are the personal and cultural expressions found behind these artistic forms? Explain, citing specific examples.  In light of the “modernist temper,” why were Freud’s theories so popular? In what sense does psychoanalytical theory abandon the explanation of human motivation that has been long held by Western Europeans? What does this shift in understanding signal about the twentieth century? Explain.  Consider the ways in which film was used in the early twentieth century as propaganda. In what ways does the cinematic medium continue to serve in this way? What types of cultural, social, and political values are asserted through popular film and other visual media of the twenty-first century? Explain.  To what extent do you agree or disagree with Huxley’s assertion that technology makes individuals dependent on totalitarian forces? Do you feel that our dependency on technology puts us at risk as a culture? …as a free people? Explain.