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Post War Uncertainty

Explore the postwar period of uncertainty and new ideas in science, literature, and arts. Discover how revolutions in science challenged old beliefs, leading to groundbreaking works in literature and art. Witness societal changes and technological advances that shaped the 20th century.

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Post War Uncertainty

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  1. Chapter 31 – Section 1 Post War Uncertainty

  2. Post War Uncertainty • The postwar period is one of loss and uncertainty but also one of invention, creativity and new ideas.

  3. A New Revolution in Science • Impact of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity: • Albert Einstein: offered radically new ideas in field of physics • Theory of relativity: idea that space and time are not constant • New ideas made world seem more uncertain than before

  4. A New Revolution in Science • Influence of Freudian Psychology: • Sigmund Freud: Austrian doctor with new ideas about the mind • Claims that human behavior is not based on reason

  5. Explain how new scientific theories challenged old beliefs.(page 463) • Its time to work on your document –question 1 -chart 1.

  6. Literature in the 1920s • Impact of the War: • Suffering caused by WWI leads many to doubt old beliefs • Thinkers React to Uncertainties: • Philosophy of Existentialism: Searching for the meaning to life’s questions • Friedrich Nietzsche urges return to ancient heroic values.

  7. Twentieth-Century Literature 20th century authors began to write from the point to view of a single, confused individual or multiple individuals instead of the “all knowing” style of writers of the 19th century. Oswald Spengler Marcel Proust T.S. Eliot Franz Kafka Virginia Woolf George Orwell James Joyce William Faulkner

  8. Twentieth Century Literature • How does each piece reflect the “uncertainty of modern thought?” • T.S. Eliot • Virginia Woolf • Oswald Spengler • James Joyce

  9. Describe how brutality of war prompted philosophers and writers explore new ideas (page 464) • With the help of the text book answer question 2 by completing chart 2

  10. Revolution in the Arts • Artists Rebel Against Tradition: • Artists want to depict inner world of mind • Cubism transforms natural shapes into geometric forms • Surrealism = Art movement that links dreams with real life • Composers Try New Styles: • Composers move away from traditional styles • Jazz = musical style that captures age’s new freedom

  11. Cubism 1900’s – 1920’s • Goals: • To devalue previous art movements through a dramatic change • To separate their art from the conventional understanding of perspective • Picasso and Braque worked next to each other in the same studio during their cubist period with almost identical styles

  12. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) • Considered greatest artist of 20th century • Created more than 20,000 pieces of art • Three phases of his career: • Blue Period • Rose Period • Protocubism • Some of his paintings take on a surrealist quality

  13. Pablo Picasso’s Self-Portraits

  14. Picasso

  15. Picasso and War (1937-1945) • Guernica depicts the massacre after German planes bombed the city and 1,600 civilians on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War • Used symbolism and the monochromatic colors to represent the desolation after the tragedy

  16. Surrealism 1920’s – 1950’s

  17. 10..

  18. Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) “The Persistence of Memory”

  19. Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

  20. Rene Magritte (1898-1967)

  21. Summarize new styles in art, architecture, and music (page 465)

  22. Music • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWotpIy0uTg

  23. Society Challenges Convention • Women’s Roles Change • Women take on new roles during WWI • This work helps many win the right to vote • In 1920: Women adopt freer clothing and hairstyle • Some women seek new careers

  24. IDENTIFY THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN (PAGE 466)

  25. Technological Advances Improve Life • The Automobile Alters Society: • Cars improve and become less expensive after the war • Increased auto use changes people’s lives • Airplanes Transform Travel: • Charles Lindbergh is first to fly alone across the Atlantic

  26. Technological Advances Improve Life • Radio and Movies Dominate Popular Entertainment • 1920s: Commercial radio stations spread across the U.S. • Motion pictures become major industry • Seen as an art form

  27. Movies • Entertainment – Birth of a Nation • The Great Dictator

  28. Trace new technological advances (pages 466-467)

  29. Rubric

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