HISB94H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kulak, Bertolt Brecht, George Grosz
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An expression of a world where meaning, order, and purpose were suspended or absent. The purpose and direction of life became unclear and confused: a compass that has lost its orientation. A victim of society (1919) george grosz new consumer identity. Bauhaus was an arts movement that wanted to fuse art and technology, form and usefulness. Attempted to create an architecture, art, and design for modern industrial life. Life in an age of extremes: the case of berlin. Wealth and poverty: very distinct economic levels people were either wildly rich or they were so poor they couldn"t live. Urbanization vs. rural calm and isolation: war made the area more urban, people went to cities in order to get jobs, get life back on track. Old and the new: example: the new woman": smoking, drinking, short hair. Entertainment and unemployment: mass viewing of entertainment cinema, cabaret, sporting events. Pleasure and fear: embrace of pleasure in order to ignore poor circumstances.
