postwar social change
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POSTWAR SOCIAL CHANGE
Changes in Society After WWI Jazz Age
The 1920s saw the creation of Jazz musicAfrican American musicians combined
Western harmonies with African rhythmsThe use of improvisation allowed for endless
subtle variations in rhythm and beatSpawned such famous musicians as Louis
Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Women’s Lives The time after WWI saw the disillusionment
of many young peopleWomen began to reject the strict morals of the
Victorian EraLiberated young women, flappers, shocked with
their short skirts, bobbed hair, and bright red lipstick○ Flappers were the minority
Labor saving devices gain popularity○ Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and
canned foods lighten women’s burdens
Women’s Rights ActivistsMost women saw limited progress during the
postwar era○ Forced to leave the jobs they held during the war
Women began to stand up for their right through the use of picketing and protests○ Jane Addams○ Margaret Sanger
Women gained suffrage in most Western countries ○ Women like Lady Nancy Astor and Miriam
Ferguson held public office
Reactions to the Jazz Age Not everyone approves
Prohibition takes place in America○ A ban on alcoholic substances○ Explosion in crime
Speakeasies run by the mafia start popping upGangsters like Al Capone get rich off of illegal
dealings
Christian Fundamentalist Movement Members believed that all the events in
the bible are literally true Utilized traveling preachers and the radio
to spread the word Scopes Monkey Trial
In 1925 John T. Scopes was tried for teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom
Found guilty○ Hurt the fundamentalist movement
The New Literature The Lost Generation
Comprised of individuals who were disillusioned after WWI
The name referred to GertrudeStein’s friends who lived in Paris
Famous individuals like F. ScottFitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) and Ernest Hemmingway (The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea)
Harlem Renaissance Harlem NY the hub of all the activity African American writers expressed their
pride in their unique culture Langston Hughes and James Weldon
Johnson were just two of the famous writers from this cultural explosion
Literature of the Inner Mind Writers experimented with stream of
consciousnessReader is exposed to the narrator’s feelings
and thoughts without imposing any logic or order○ Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
New Scientific Theories
New scientific discoveries challenged the long held conceptions about the nature
of the world
Marie Curie Polish-born French scientist Found that the atoms of certain
elements spontaneously release charged particles
Led to great scientific discovery Eventually died of radiation poisioning
Albert Einstein German born physicist Theory of Relativity
Measurements of space and time are not absolute, but are determined by the relative positioning of the observer○ Scientists used this theory and Curie’s work to
create atomic fusion and eventually the atomic bomb
Alexander Fleming In 1928, Scottish born Fleming
accidentally discovers Penicillin Scientists use this discovery to create
antibiotics
Sigmund Freud Austrian physician- Father of
Psychoanalysis Suggests the subconscious mind drives
human behaviorLearned social norms help to check
powerful urges, but there’s constant tension because of this
psychoanalysis
Modern Art and Architecture
Artists began to reject traditional styles and began experimenting with new
colors, lines, and shapes
Henri Matisse Utilized bold, wild strokes of color and
odd distortions to produce works of strong emotion
He and fellow artists outraged the publicDubbed fauves, or wild beasts, by critics
Woman with a Hat
Les toits de Collioure
Luxembourg Gardens
New Directions in Painting Pablo Picasso and the French artist
Georges Braque created cubismPainted three-dimensional objects as
complex patterns of angles and planes
Violin and CandlestickBy: Georges Braque
Fruitdish and GlassBy: Georges Braque
Three MusiciansBy: Pablo Picasso
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Abstract Art Vaslily Kandinsky and Paul Klee moved
even further from representing reality in their paintings
Their artwork was abstract, composed of only lines, colors, and shapes
On White By: Vasily Kandinsky
Dada Movement The dada movement burst onto the
scene after the war The dadaists reject traditional
conventions and believed there was no sense or truth in the world
Jean Arp and Max Earnst Meant to shock and disturb viewers
Cloud ShepherdJean Arp
L'Ange du Foyeur By Max Earnst
Surrealism Cubism and dada both helped to inspire
surrealismAttempted to portray the workings of the
unconscious that attempted to portray the workings of the unconscious mind
Rejected rational thought, which had produced the horrors of WWI
Salvador Dali
The Persistence of MemoryBy Salvador Dali
Still Life Moving FastBy Salvador Dali
New Styles of Architecture The famous Bauhaus school in
Germany influenced architecture by blending science and technology with design
Buildings feature glass, steel, and concrete and have little ornamentation
Frank Lloyd Wright
Fallingwater
The Guggenheim
Wright designed window in Robie House
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