wwi and its effect on the arts ms. ramos. 10.6.4 discuss the influence of world war i on literature,...

WWI and its WWI and its Effect on the ArtsEffect on the Arts

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10.6.410.6.4 Discuss the influence Discuss the influence

of World War I on of World War I on literature, art, and literature, art, and intellectual life in the intellectual life in the West (e.g., Pablo West (e.g., Pablo Picasso, the “lost Picasso, the “lost generation” of generation” of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway). Hemingway).

You will learn how the You will learn how the arts & philosophy of arts & philosophy of the 1920-1930s were the 1920-1930s were influenced by WWIinfluenced by WWI Belief in human Belief in human

reason & progress reason & progress was shatteredwas shattered

Reflected in work of Reflected in work of the periodthe period

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Lost GenerationLost Generation

Attributed to Attributed to Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein

Popularized by Popularized by Ernest Ernest HemingwayHemingwayThe Sun Also The Sun Also RisesRises

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http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/8/86/Gertrude_stein.jpg

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The "Lost Generation" defines a sense of moral The "Lost Generation" defines a sense of moral loss or aimlessness apparent in literary figures loss or aimlessness apparent in literary figures during the 1920s. World War I seemed to have during the 1920s. World War I seemed to have destroyed the idea that if you acted virtuously, destroyed the idea that if you acted virtuously, good things would happen. Many good, young good things would happen. Many good, young men went to war and died, or returned home men went to war and died, or returned home either physically or mentally wounded (for most, either physically or mentally wounded (for most, both), and their faith in the moral guideposts that both), and their faith in the moral guideposts that had earlier given them hope, were no longer had earlier given them hope, were no longer valid...they were "Lost." valid...they were "Lost."

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/hpolscrv/jbolhofer.htmlMs. Ramos

CountryCountry MeaningMeaning

U.S.U.S. Generation come of age after WIIGeneration come of age after WII

EuropeEurope Generation of 1914Generation of 1914

FranceFrance Reference to expatriates that Reference to expatriates that settled theresettled there

U.K.U.K. Those who died in war, Those who died in war, particularly upper class casualties particularly upper class casualties disproportiondisproportion

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WWI PoetryWWI Poetry

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http://www.sangam.org/2009/11/images/Flandersfields_000.jpg Ms. Ramos

On Receiving News of the WarOn Receiving News of the WarIsaac RosenbergIsaac Rosenberg

Snow is a strange white word.Snow is a strange white word.No ice or frostNo ice or frost

Has asked of bud or birdHas asked of bud or birdFor Winter's cost.For Winter's cost.

Yet ice and frost and snowYet ice and frost and snowFrom earth to skyFrom earth to sky

This Summer land doth know.This Summer land doth know.No man knows why.No man knows why.

In all men's hearts it is.In all men's hearts it is.Some spirit oldSome spirit old

Hath turned with malign kissHath turned with malign kissOur lives to mould.Our lives to mould.

Red fangs have torn His face.Red fangs have torn His face.God's blood is shed.God's blood is shed.

He mourns from His lone placeHe mourns from His lone placeHis children dead.His children dead.

O! ancient crimson curse!O! ancient crimson curse!Corrode, consume.Corrode, consume.

Give back this universeGive back this universeIts pristine bloom.Its pristine bloom.

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Poets’ Poets’ CornerCorner

Westminster’s Westminster’s AbbeyAbbey

16 Great War 16 Great War poets rememberedpoets remembered

"My subject is "My subject is War, and the War, and the pity of War. pity of War. The Poetry is in The Poetry is in the pity.“the pity.“Wilfred OwenWilfred Owen

http://oxfordprints.com/Ackermann/Ack.%20West.%20Poets.jpg

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Themes in Early Modern ArtThemes in Early Modern Art

1. Uncertainty/insecurity.

2. Disillusionment.

3. The subconscious.

4. Overt sexuality.

5. Violence & savagery.

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Early Modern ArtEarly Modern Art

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Number 1-29 on a piece of paperNumber 1-29 on a piece of paper For each picture, indicate which For each picture, indicate which

theme it represents:theme it represents: 1. incertanty/ insecurity1. incertanty/ insecurity 2. disillusionment2. disillusionment 3. s3. subconscious 4. Overt sexuality 5. Violence & savagery

Write a word or two to describe your Write a word or two to describe your reactionreaction

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Edvard Munch: The Scream (1893)Edvard Munch: The Scream (1893)

Expressionism

Using bright colors to express a particular emotion.

http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/EHAP/EarlyModernEuropeanArt.ppt#267,2,Slide 2 Ms. Ramos

Franz Marc: Animal Destinies (1913)Franz Marc: Animal Destinies (1913)


Wassily Kandinsky: On White II (1923)Wassily Kandinsky: On White II (1923)


Gustav Klimt: Judith I (1901)Gustav Klimt: Judith I (1901)

Secessionists Disrupt the

conservative values of Viennese society.

Obsessed with the self.

Man is a sexual being, leaning toward despair.


Gustav Klimt:

Wrogie sily (1901)

Gustav Klimt:

Wrogie sily (1901)


Gustav Klimt: The Kiss (1907-8)Gustav Klimt: The Kiss (1907-8)


Gustav Klimt: Danae (1907-8)Gustav Klimt: Danae (1907-8)


Henri Matisse:

Carmelina(1903)

Henri Matisse:

Carmelina(1903)

FAUVE The use of intense colors in a violent, and uncontrolled way.

“Wild Beast.”http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/EHAP/EarlyModernEuropeanArt.ppt#267,2,Slide 2 Ms. Ramos

Henri Matisse:

Open Window(1905)

Henri Matisse:

Open Window(1905)


Georges Braque: Violin & Candlestick (1910)

Georges Braque: Violin & Candlestick (1910)

CUBISM The subject matter

is broken down, analyzed, and reassembled in abstract form.

Cezanne The artist should treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, and the cone.http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/EHAP/EarlyModernEuropeanArt.ppt#267,2,Slide 2 Ms. Ramos

Georges Braque:

Woman with a Guitar(1913)

Georges Braque:

Woman with a Guitar(1913)


Georges Braque: Still Life: LeJeur (1929)

Georges Braque: Still Life: LeJeur (1929)


Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)

Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)


Picasso: Studio with Plaster Head (1925)

Picasso: Studio with Plaster Head (1925)


Pablo Picasso:

Woman with aFlower(1932)

Pablo Picasso:

Woman with aFlower(1932)


Paul Klee: Red & White Domes (1914)Paul Klee: Red & White Domes (1914)


Paul Klee: Senecio (1922)Paul Klee: Senecio (1922)


George Grosz

Grey Day(1921)

George Grosz

Grey Day(1921)

DaDa Ridiculed

contemporary culture & traditional art forms.

The collapse during WW I of social and moral values.

Nihilistic.http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/EHAP/EarlyModernEuropeanArt.ppt#267,2,Slide 2 Ms. Ramos

George Grosz:

Daum Marries Her Pedantic

AutomatonGeorge in May,

1920, John Heartfield is Very

Glad of It(1919-1920)

George Grosz:

Daum Marries Her Pedantic

AutomatonGeorge in May,

1920, John Heartfield is Very

Glad of It(1919-1920)


George Grosz

The Pillarsof Society

(1926)

George Grosz

The Pillarsof Society

(1926)


Raoul Hausmann: ABCD (1924-25)Raoul Hausmann: ABCD (1924-25)


Marcel Duchamp: Fountain (1917)Marcel Duchamp: Fountain (1917)


Marcel Duchamp:

Nude Descending a

Staircase(1912)

Marcel Duchamp:

Nude Descending a

Staircase(1912)


Salvador Dali: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War),

1936

Salvador Dali: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War),

1936Surrealis

m Late 1920s-1940s.

Came from the nihilistic genre of DaDa.

Influenced by Feud’s theories on psychoanalysis and the subconscious.

Confusing & startling images like those in dreams.http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/EHAP/EarlyModernEuropeanArt.ppt#267,2,Slide 2 Ms. Ramos

Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory (1931)

Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory (1931)

http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/EHAP/EarlyModernEuropeanArt.ppt#267,2,Slide 2

Salvador Dali: The Apparition of the Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

(1938)

Salvador Dali: The Apparition of the Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

(1938)


Salvador Dali: Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man (1943)

Salvador Dali: Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man (1943)


Walter Gropius: Bauhaus Building (1928)

Walter Gropius: Bauhaus Building (1928)

Bauhaus

A utopian quality.

Based on the idealsof simplified formsand unadornedfunctionalism.

The belief that the machine economy could deliver elegantly designed items for the masses.

Used techniques & materials employed especially in industrial fabrication & manufacture steel, concrete, chrome, glass.


Walter Gropius: Lincoln, MA house (1938)

Walter Gropius: Lincoln, MA house (1938)


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