The first wave globalization

PART deux

Arts canvas & exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10 dance, film, theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .10, 12, 16 literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Sciences archeology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 14 philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-18

physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 5, 7, 11, 13 current Events –

what’s happening & what’s in

“we want to sing of the love of danger”. . . . . . . . . 6 celebrity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-17 around the world events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 fashion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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commentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 afterwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

works borrowed credits. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

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"Why is the sky blue?" His paper on the phenomenon called critical opalescence solves the problem by examining the cumulative effect of the scattering of light by individual molecules in the atmosphere.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/genius/

EVEN THE MINOR WORKS RESONATE!

For example, in 1910, Einstein answers a basic question:

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D. H. Lawrence’s fiction and poetry faults industrial society with the destruction of man. His examination of the lives of men and women scandalized polite societies and his books were banned in the U. S. and Great Britain.

Archeologist TE Lawrence’s service in Egypt transcends into a personal struggle to obtain Arab rule in Arab nations. He attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference as Prince Feisal’s interpreter. The record is unclear whether Lawrence deliberately attempted to undermine French, English as well as American diplomacy. Despite his efforts, the western leaders carved up the region and gave France control of Syria. Arab self rule was not to be until 1921, when Feisal was made king of Iraq. Lawrence’s unresolved role in the wars and conferences have made him one of the most romanticized figures of history.

"What the blood feels, and believes, and says, is always true."

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The LAWRENCES

"Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us closer to the secret of the 'Old One.' I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice." Einstein ``...please,... stop telling God what to do.'' Bohr Before anyone else, Einstein recognizes the essential dualism in nature, the coexistence of particles and waves at the level of quanta. In 1911, he declares resolving the quantum issue to be the central problem of physics. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/genius/ 5

“We want to sing of the love of danger…we want to exalt aggressive movement, somersaults, slaps in the face and blows of the fist.” In a terrible irony of history, the movement’s greatest artist, Umberto Boccioni, died at the front in 1916, in a manner that could not have

been more “archaic.” Savage Century: Back to Barbarism, Thérèse Delpech

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Then, in 1915, Einstein completes the general theory of relativity, the product of eight years of work on the problem of gravity. In general relativity, Einstein shows that matter and energy—all the "stuff" in the universe—actually mold the shape of space and the flow of time. What we feel as the "force" of gravity is simply the sensation of following the shortest path we can

through curved, four-dimensional space-time. It is a radical vision: space is no longer the box the universe comes in; instead, space and time, matter and energy are, as Einstein proves, locked together in the most intimate embrace.

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Titanic sinks 1912. Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes performs Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, choreographed by Nijinsky. The rhythm of the music and the sensuality of the movement causes a riot, 1913. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNt0mvjoS08 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5zfODAaikE&feature=related Russian Revolution 1917. Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919

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Picasso drawing for the ballet Parade, 1917.

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was full of alien elements. There were Cubist constructions, 10 feet high, that came to

life and stomped around the stage.

Satie's music . . .a chorus of typewriters, a volley of revolver shots, . . . a steamship

siren, some passages of Morse code and a ragtime number lifted without

acknowledgment from Irving Berlin. We cannot wonder that at a time of national anguish

"Parade" was mis-read, mis-heard and very badly received.

New York Times, John Russell, April 21, 1991

As a combination of music, art, theater and

dance, "Parade," first seen in Paris in 1917, is

in all the history books, and rightly so. With

Serge Diaghilev as its impresario, and music

by Erik Satie, choreography by Leonide

Massine, a narrative outline by Jean Cocteau,

and curtain, scenery and costumes by

Picasso, it was an exceptional adventure.

After "Parade," neither the Ballets Russes nor

ballet itself was ever the same again.

Instead of the patriotic pageantry that might

more normally have topped the bill, "Parade”

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View into a Lane, August Macke, 1914. Macke died at the front, September 1914.

Returning to the quantum, by 1919, six years before the invention of quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle, Einstein recognizes that there might be a problem with the classical notion of cause and effect. Given the peculiar dual nature of quanta as both waves and particles,

it might be impossible, he warns, to definitively tie effects to their causes.

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Eisenstein develops montage, creating continuity of cause and effect over time and place, as well as thematic unity. No other film maker is more celebrated with homage by subsequent filmmakers, and no scene more often than the steps of Odessa. Battleship Potemkin, 1925, Eisenstein

IMAGE BECOMES NARRATIVE

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Einstein was not the first to propose all the elements that went into the special theory of relativity; his contribution lies in having unified important parts of classical mechanics and Maxwellian electrodynamics. http://www.humboldt1.com/%7Egralsto/einstein/einstein.html

albert einstein home page

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http://www.site-ology.com/egypt/KT.HTM

November 1922, steps to King Tutankhamen tomb discovered by Howard Carter. The world begins to dance like an Egyptian!

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/rekas/tut/king.htm

Englishmen, in particular . . . were disgusted by the commercialism surrounding the find. "It is vulgar…for a man to aim so laboriously at carrying beyond the grave the magnificence of life. But it is at least as bad to exploit this old vulgarity of pride in the interests of the new vulgarity of commercialism.

Commercialization of the discovery ignited a global fad for all things Egyptian, but especially, fashions for women.

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It is hard for people to imagine how historic an occasion this was, but in 1921 Einstein was not only one of the world's most renowned scientists but a celebrity in his own right." It is 100 years since Einstein's "miraculous year" in which he published three revolutionary papers and 2005 is Einstein Year, launched in the UK and Ireland to inspire the next generation of physicists.

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Moscow Art Theatre, the Method & Psychological Realism

Konstantin Stanislavski As founder of

the first acting "System", co-founder of

the Moscow Art Theatre (1897-), and

an eminent practitioner of the naturalist

school of thought, Konstantin

Stanislavski unequivocally challenged

traditional notions of the dramatic

process, establishing himself as one of

the most pioneering thinkers in modern

theatre.

Anton Chekhov "All I wanted was to say

honestly to people: 'Have a look at

yourselves and see how bad and dreary

your lives are!' The important thing is that

people should realize that, for when they

do, they will most certainly create another

and better life for themselves. I will not live

to see it, but I know that it will be quite

different, quite unlike our present life.

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"Soon I'll be fed up with the relativity. Even such a thing fades away when one is too involved with it.“ Einstein, 1921

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"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.“ Albert Einstein

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A COLLISION OF IDEAS Dadaists, impressionists, realists, naturalists, relativists, rationalists, absurdists, colonialists, nationalists, socialists, fascists, cubists, evangelists, industrialists, isolationists, revolutionists, loyalists, atheists, illusionists, abolitionists, unionists, nihilists, revolutionists, and alienists. . . In a world of so many different causes and philosophies, can any one scientist or artist guess the impact their work will make?

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T h e P R O M E T H E U S f a c t o r When an artist or a scientist makes public their work – is the public’s reaction to that work the responsibility of that artist or scientist? Is there any good reason or justification for suppression of the work product of artists, researchers, mathematicians or scientists? Is suppression a greater evil, or is the greater evil the work that becomes part of a destructive force? What pieces of art or science have been co-opted in this manner?

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The Art: Slide 6, Maps: http://www.worldwar1.com/tlwplans.htm Slide 9, Picasso Pantomime Horse Studies for Parade, 1917, http://web.org.uk/picasso/r8.html Slide 10, August Macke, View into a Lane, 1914. Slide 21, André Derain, View of the Thames, 1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 1985.64.12 Slide 22, Georges Braque, Harbor, 1909, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Victoria Nebeker Coberly in memory of her son, John W. Mudd 1992.3.1 Slide 19, 2001, A Space Odyssey, Stanly Kubrik.

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Albert Einstein Old Grove Rd. Nassau Point

Peconic, Long Island August 2nd 1939 F.D. Roosevelt President of the United States White House Washington, D.C. Sir: Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. I believe therefore that it is my duty to bring to your attention the following facts and recommendations: In the course of the last four months it has been made probable - through the work of Joliot in France as well as Fermi and Szilard in America - that it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, . . .

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 Presentation Speech There is probably no physicist living today whose name has become so widely known as that of Albert Einstein. . .

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