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Effects of World War I

Effects of World War I. Shattered the enlightenment belief (progress would continue and reason would prevail) People question traditional beliefs. Revolution in Science. Albert Einstein (German) Theory of Relativity (space and time are not constant)

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Effects of World War I

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  1. Effects of World War I • Shattered the enlightenment belief (progress would continue and reason would prevail) • People question traditional beliefs

  2. Revolution in Science • Albert Einstein (German) • Theory of Relativity(space and time are not constant) • Einstein’s ideas had effect not only for science but on people as well, on how they viewed the world • Uncertainty and relativity replaced Newton’s ideas on how the world operated according to absolute laws of motion and gravity.

  3. Albert Einstein 1921

  4. Revolution in Science • Sigmund Freud (Austrian) • Revolutionary ideas about the human mind • Much of the behavior is irrational and beyond reason (unconscious) • His ideas weakened faith in reason • 1920’s his ideas developed widespread influence

  5. Sigmund Freud 1921

  6. Literature • WWI writers and philosophers questioned accepted ideas about reason and progress • People become disillusioned about reason and progress • Many writers reflect this in their works (feared future and doubted religious beliefs) • Freud influenced writers

  7. Philosophy- Existentialism • Jean Paul Sartre (French) • No universal meaning to life • Each person creates his own meaning to life through one’s own changes and actions

  8. Friedrich Nietzsche • Existentialist were influenced by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche • In 1880’s, he said creativity was stifled by reason, democracy and progress • Stressed the return to ancient heroic values of pride, assertiveness, progress • These ideas had an impact on 20th century and on politics (Germany and Italy-Fascists)

  9. Friedrich Nietzsche

  10. Expressionist

  11. Paul Klee (German/ Swiss) Expressionist Painter

  12. Cat and Bird

  13. Paul Klee painted ‘Cat and Bird’ in 1928 The painting is almost child like at first glance, yet like many Paul Klee paintings it’s rich in symbolism. Klee believed that children were a source of pure creativity – untainted by the world’s artificial influences – and the simple lines and child-like shapes in ‘Cat and Bird’ are testament to this thought process. Yet ‘Cat and Bird’ is about thoughts, desires and fantasy. The cat’s head dominates the painting symbolizing the importance of the cat’s mind and its thoughts as the actual subject. The bird is literally flying through the cat’s mind – whilst a heart on the cat’s nose symbolizes desire – reinforcing the artist’s creative vision to ‘make secret visions visible’.

  14. WassilyKandinsky Russian Expressionist

  15. “Blue Oil Painting”

  16. Cubism

  17. Georges Braque (French) Cubism

  18. Violin and Candlestick

  19. Pablo Picasso (Spain) Cubism

  20. Surrealism

  21. Fish in the City Vladimir Kush (Russia)

  22. (1931)

  23. Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory

  24. Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes (1921)

  25. Charlie Chaplain

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