15.1 postwar Uncertainty Flashcards
Main idea
There was loss after the war, but also new innovative ideas
Title of section
Postwar uncertainty
Why it matters
Postwar trends such as literature, philosophy and music still affect our lives
Terms of section (8)
Albert Einstein Theory of relativity Sigmund Freud Existentialism Friedrich Nietzsche Surrealism Jazz Charles Lindbergh
What are the pictures in the section (4)
F Scott fitzgerald (great gatsby)
“The persistence of memory” 1931
Women marching for rights
Charlie Chaplin- comedian
Albert Einstein
Theory- speed is constant, space and time are not
Theory of relativity
Space and time measured based on a close by object
Sigmund Freud
Theory- human behavior is “beyond reason”
*part of mind = unconscious (pleasure seeking desires)
Existentialism
Everyone creates their own purpose in life and make own choices
Surrealism
MAJOR ART MOVEMENT (inspired by Freud)
Painted dreamy, unconscious part of mind
Expressionist painters (use bold colors and exaggerated forms)
Paul Klee
Kandinsky
Painters inspired by African art (cubism)
Picasso
Braque
What does surreal mean
“Beyond or above reality”
Jazz
Popular music style from USA
Adapted from africans
Captured freedom
Charles Lindbergh
Pilot- 33 hour flight from New York to Japan
