ENG122H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fourth Wall, Distancing Effect, Metatheatre
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Wwi july 28, 1914 november 11, 1918. Wwii september 1, 1939 september 2, 1945. The world has changed and so has the art as the result of the wars as he was inluenced by them. Most of the arisic movements focused not on aestheicism - but more towards up ended class system, upper middle class values. Purpose of art and the role of the arist. World wars - the irst ime we"ve seen industrial machinery. We were manufacturing machines that were very eicient - able to kill a lot of people all at once. Surrealism: dream like logic but painted in a very realisic way. Looks very realisic but doesn"t make any sense: dali. The idea of high art had been trenched. The people who were making art in b/w the world wars were disillusioned. So they"d usually do a parody of other arts and say that it"s my art.
