20th century-isms: Dadaism Flashcards
1
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Dadaism:
ORIGIN & DECADE
A
Switzerland
1916
2
Q
Dadaism:
HISTORICAL /POLITICAL EVENTS
A
Born out of negative reaction to horrors of WW1
3
Q
Dadaism:
THEATRICAL TRENDS /PRACTICES
A
- Visual Art
- Dance
- Lectures
- Short plays
4
Q
Dadaism:
RESPONSE TO 20TH CENTURY CONTEXT
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- Based on Nihilism
- The world is insane; Dada = calculated madness
- Wanted to attack society through scandal
5
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Dadaism:
WORLDVIEW
A
Scepticism about a world that could create a WW
6
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Dadaism:
KEY FEATURES
A
- Belief that excessive rational thought and middle class values brought conflict of war on the world
- Dadaists protested with anti-art gatherings, performances, writings and art works. After war, when they returned to Paris, Dada activities continued
7
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Dadaism:
PURPOSE
A
Question everything that existed
8
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Dadaism:
PRACTITIONERS
A
Tristan Tzara;
believed that society that creates monstrosity of war does not deserve art, therefore he gave it anti-art (not beauty, but ugliness)
