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Modernism & Anxiety

U4/Ch. 24 AP European History UHS – Ms. Tully. Modernism & Anxiety. A. The Emergence of the New Physics. Challenge to Newton’s “World Machine ” Marie Curie (1867-1934 ) Max Planck (1858-1947) Albert Einstein (1879-1955). B. Modern Philosophy and the Irrational.

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Modernism & Anxiety

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  1. U4/Ch. 24 AP European History UHS – Ms. Tully Modernism & Anxiety

  2. A. The Emergence of the New Physics • Challenge to Newton’s “World Machine” • Marie Curie (1867-1934) • Max Planck (1858-1947) • Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

  3. B. Modern Philosophy and the Irrational • Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) • Henri Bergson (1859-1941) • Georges Sorel (1847-1922)

  4. C. Freudian Psychology • Pre-Freudian psychology = reason, rationality • Human behavior is basically irrational  Development of psychoanalysis • Id, Ego, Superego • International popularity by 1910

  5. D. Social Darwinism • Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)  Survival of the fittest • Racism & Nationalism • Volkish thought in Germany

  6. E. Attack on Christianity • New challenges  industrialization & urbanization • Anticlericalism • Science  chief threat • Pope Pius IX & the Syllabus of Errors • Socialism & Christianity

  7. F. Modern Literature • Naturalism  Emile Zola (1840-1902) • Russian Literature  Tolstoy, Dostoevsky • Symbolism

  8. G. Modern Painting • Impressionism Manet, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas Claude Monet Impressionism, Sunrise 1872 Camille Pissarro Boulevard Monmarte 1897 Edgar Degas Stage Rehearsal 1879

  9. Post-Impressionism/Expressionism  Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, Munch Vincent van Gogh Vase with 12 Sunflowers 1888 Edvard Munch The Scream 1893 Paul Gauguin Day of the Gods 1894

  10. Cubism/Abstract Art  Picasso, Kandinsky, Klimt Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907 Gustav Klimt The Kiss 1908 Wassily Kandinsky Composition VII 1913

  11. Art Nouveau Gaudi, Mucha

  12. H. Avant-Garde Art & Anxiety • Avant-Garde rejection against accepted cultural forms • Revolt of the Young • Increased neurotic disorders • Increased alcoholism & drug use • Fascination with the occult

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