HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Clairvoyance, Wandervogel, Kurt Schwitters
20 Jun 2016
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Questions: why did highly political men and women, completely committed to furthering class struggle in. 1933 adolf hitler becomes the chancellor of germany. 1871-1890: population growth from 41 mil. to 60 mil. 1900 full employment was reached; 1/3 was employed in the industrial sector. 1907: social democratic party became strongest in popular vote. Germany became a colonial power; conflict w/ britain. They quickly became one of the top countries during the industrial age in europe and were one of the fastest developing countries. New technologies: automobiles, radio, silent movies proliferated modernity". Amusement, fun and lightness were cultivated in jazz and dancing, in defiance of the horrors of world. Economic and political turmoil pushed artists to find new ways of expression, resulting in a series of modern art movements. Realism"s goals: to record contemporary life, to present the real truth of life.
