C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Section Preview:– The destruction of the highly mechanized First

World War and the turmoil of the Great Depression profoundly affected the work of artists and intellectuals.• Can you think of examples of how world events have

changed our culture?

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Define:– Photomontage– Surrealism– Modernism– Uncertainty Principle– Abstract– Incapable

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Mass Culture: Radio and Movies– Radio broadcasts became popular in the 1920’s– Concerts and news were broadcast

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Mass Culture: Radio and Movies– Movies became popular in the 20’s

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Mass Culture: Radio and Movies

“Metropolis” 1927

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Propaganda:– “Triumph of the Will” 1934• Nazi documentary made by Joseph Goebbels

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Art and Literature:– Surrealism:• Depicted in the work of Salvador Dali

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Dada: Weirdness in art

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Dada: Weirdness in art

C9S4: Cultural and Intellectual Trends

• Literature:– Irish author James Joyce wrote Ulysses• Followed peoples’ stream of consciousness during one

day of their life

– German author Herman Hesse• Wrote about Asian philosophy, looked at spiritual

loneliness• Siddartha was about the original Buddha