Unit 17 Flashcards
artistic movement that expressed disapproval of the pre-war establishment and culture by mocking it and criticizing the vices it’s war (WWI) brought about.
Dada
19th century philosopher who said idea of being logical and rational stifles human passion, feeling, and “animal instinct”; also said values are relative
Friedrich Nietzsche
philosophy that says life has no meaning at all
nihilism
outgrowth of nihilism; said there was no supreme being that gave life meaning and established “proper” or absolute values;
Existentialism
leading French existentialist; partner of Simone de Beauvoir
Jean Paul Sartre
religious thinkers who sought to recreate the religious intensity of the Protestant Reformation
Soren Kierkegaard and Karl Barth
he shattered the Newtonian view of science and thus challenged the ideas of progress and rationality by publishing his Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein
he claimed human behavior is the result of constant tension between the RATIONAL conscious self AND the IRRATIONAL, instinctual, primitive unconscious
Sigmund Freud
literary technique that emphasizes a confused viewpoint of a single individual and his mind
Stream of consciousness
he wrote Ulysses, the story of one day in the life of one man and his thoughts
James Joyce
wrote The Decline of the West
Oswald Spengler
wrote The Trial, The Castle, The Metamorphosis; all about helpless individuals crushed by societal pressures and forces
Franz Kafka
idea that buildings should be useful and functional (serve the purpose for which they are made)
Functionalism
School that combined study of fine art (painting and sculpture) with practical arts (printing, weaving, furniture) to make functional things
Bauhaus
founder of Bauhaus movement
Walter Gropius
